Toronto City Council
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BL22.1adopted
Introduction and Enactment of General Bills and Confirming Bills
City Council will introduce and enact General Bills and Confirming Bills. Consolidated Bills Index for June 29 and 30, 2020 City Council Meeting http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewBillBylaw.do?meeting=2020.CC22
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, enacted By-laws 452-2020 to 543-2020.
CC22.1amended
2706 Bayview Avenue - Request for Directions Regarding Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing
The purpose of this report is to seek instructions respecting the appeal of the Zoning By-law Amendment application for 2706 Bayview Avenue, currently before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"). On December 21, 2016, the City of Toronto (the "City") received a Zoning By-law Amendment Application to permit the re-location of an existing single family detached dwelling and development of three, three-storey townhouse units on Bayview Avenue (the "Application"). The applicant also submitted an accompanying Site Plan application. On November 28, 2017, the applicant appealed the Application to the LPAT, citing City Council's failure to make a decision on the Application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act. The Site Plan application has not been appealed to date. Two pre-hearing conferences have since taken place before the LPAT. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of: a. the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor; and b. Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in their entirety as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Revised Without Prejudice Settlement Offer from Aird & Berlis dated March 18, 2020 in Confidential Appendix A to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor and further detailed in Confidential Appendices B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the revised proposal described in Confidential Appendix A to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor and further detailed in Confidential Appendices B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal withhold its Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendments are finalized to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has provided a revised complete submission of plans, drawings and studies for the Site Plan Control application to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and c. the owner has provided revised plans, drawings and studies to reflect the outstanding requirements outlined in the Engineering and Construction Services memo of May 27, 2019, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to take such actions as necessary to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of: a. the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1; and b. Appendices "A", "B" and "C" to Confidential Attachment 1. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
IA22.1referred
Toronto Police Service Board Open Data Report
Councillor Paul Ainslie has submitted the following Administrative Inquiry: I am submitting this Administrative Inquiry under Municipal Code S27-61 to seek information regarding the Toronto Police Services' Board report to the Executive Committee on the implementation of its Open Data Plan. On March 27, 2019, Toronto City Council adopted my Motion to Amend on agenda item EX3.10, requesting that the Toronto Police Services' Board report back to the Executive Committee on September 18, 2019 on the implementation of its Open Data Plan. No report was tabled for the September 2019 Executive Committee meeting. The Toronto Police Service's Board on May 30, 2019 received a report from then Chair Andy Pringle with the recommendation that the Board report back to the Toronto Executive Committee and include my recommendations in the report as follows: 1. Provide its annual reports in a proper digital format; 2. Convert files currently provided in a portable document format (.pdf) on the Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal; and 3. Share datasets on the City of Toronto Open Data Portal, including any issues around public privacy The report stated that this work was instrumental to The Way Forward Recommendation #17 to increase public access to data and enhance transparency and further advises that in 2020 the open data portal would include the following categories: Reported Crime, Persons Charged, Victims of Crime, Search of Persons, Firearms, Traffic, Personnel & Budget, Calls for Service, Regulated Interactions and Administrative. On January 22, 2020 the Toronto Police Services' Board tabled an agenda item to receive a report on the implementation of the Toronto Police Service's Open Data Plan and was to forward the report to the City of Toronto Executive Committee. As of this date the report has yet to be received. I am requesting the following from Toronto Police Service's Board; 1. The Toronto Police Service's Board advise on when the report will be submitted to the Executive Committee Clerk to be tabled on the agenda. 2. Report on their work with the City of Toronto Open Data Team including project status and an update on their plan to make the information available on the City of Toronto Open Data Portal with datasets as early as Q2 2020 in preparation for release.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, referred Administrative Inquiry IA22.1 from Councillor Paul Ainslie, Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, on Toronto Police Services Board Open Data Report and Answer IA22.1a from the City Clerk to the Executive Committee for consideration.
MM22.1adopted
On January 30, 2020, the Etobicoke York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment refused an application related to the property municipally known as 60 Meadowvale Drive (the "Subject Property") for minor variances required to permit construction of a two-storey detached house. The application is filed as Application A0345/19EYK. The applicant has appealed the refusal decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body (File 20 116476 S45 03 TLAB). The applicant proposes to construct a two-storey detached dwelling on an existing residential lot. The applications require variances to City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, including variances for lot coverage, permitted floor space index, setbacks from the side lot lines, building height, exterior main wall height and soffit height. Community Planning staff recommended that, if the application was approved, any approval be granted on the condition that any new dwelling will be constructed substantially in accordance with the North and South Elevation plans submitted and held on file by the Committee of Adjustment office (received December 12, 2019), to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, with no additional variances permitted beyond those appearing on the plans. Community Planning staff submitted a report (January 22, 2020) to the Committee of Adjustment that outlines its position. As a result, the City Solicitor will need to retain external planning consultants to provide evidence for the appeal. Urban Forestry staff submitted a report (January 20, 2020) recommending denial of the application due to impacts to By-law protected trees. Copies of the Notice of Decision of the Committee of Adjustment and the Community Planning Staff Report are attached. This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor to oppose the applicant's Toronto Local Appeal Body appeal and to secure the necessary authorization and resources to support the City's opposition to the appeal, including providing for the ability for the City Solicitor to settle the matter.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and any other appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in respect of 60 Meadowvale Drive to support the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of the applicant's proposed development (Application A0345/19EYK) and oppose the appeal. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mark Grimes, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in respect of 60 Meadowvale Drive to support the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of the applicant's proposed development (Application A0345/19EYK) and oppose the appeal. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
RM22.1adopted
- O Canada - Moment of Silence - Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
CALL TO ORDER: 9:42 a.m. Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order. Speaker Nunziata advised that, as Council is conducting an electronic meeting today, it would dispense with the National Anthem. Speaker Nunziata further advised that today is the third meeting of City Council held with Members participating remotely and that the City Clerk has confirmed that a quorum of Members is present. Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Eugenia Bedford Marta Sabina Crudo Rose Gilmore Larry Kramer Stewart Nanibush Connie Yang and The victims of Phillips Garment Factory Fire Speaker Nunziata acknowledged that City Council was meeting on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Speaker Nunziata also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Speaker Nunziata advised Council of the following: For the benefit of those who are connected to the internet, the City Clerk has posted all of the agenda materials for today's meeting at toronto.ca slash council. Members, before I begin our opening routines, I want to emphasize that today's Council meeting is being conducted publicly and is being streamed live on YouTube. I want to welcome the public who are watching our meeting this morning. Members, you will have dedicated IT support throughout today's meeting. If you need to reach them, the City Clerk has provided you contact information. Staff will also be available to answer questions and will appear on the meeting console as needed.
CC22.2amended
Changes to Policing in Toronto
In recent weeks, here in Toronto and around the world, people have been raising their voices and calling for an end to racism generally, to anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism, and to racism against marginalized communities. As Mayor, I acknowledge that, despite our City being one of the world's most diverse, systemic racism continues to be a real issue here in Toronto and there is much more all of us can do to confront it and to eliminate it. We must do more, because systemic racism threatens the equal rights, justice and well-being of Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities. It leaves communities disengaged, poorly served, or alienated from services in their neighbourhoods and the city as a whole. Together, we must confront and overcome these barriers by eliminating systemic racism and providing opportunities for all Torontonians. As Mayor, I am committed to listening, to learning, and to taking concrete actions that will improve the day-to-day lives of Indigenous, Black and other marginalized Torontonians. To the tens of thousands of Torontonians who have called and e-mailed my office and the offices of my Council colleagues over the past few weeks, and to those who have peacefully taken to the streets to march and protest: I want you to know that I see you, I hear you, and I am listening. Many of you have raised the issue of policing, and there have been calls to de-fund the police. These calls stem from real concerns that the model of policing today does not best serve marginalized individuals and communities, and that we must fix that model by changing the way policing is done, in order to stamp out systemic racism within our police service, and to re-think, in some cases, whether police are the right community response at all. This motion proposes the development of alternative service delivery models for community safety response, particularly for individuals experiencing mental health crises, which would not involve police officers attending the scene. This would ensure that police are doing police work, and communities are receiving the right response for the issues they are facing. As we improve the service delivered by the Toronto Police, this will involve a re-allocation of resources, either within the Toronto Police Service budget, or to other budgets in the City government or the community at large. Second, this motion proposes a fundamental re-alignment of the City's budget priorities that focuses on the most marginalized in our community, to ensure they have the supports they require to address the root causes of crime and provide opportunities for all Torontonians. In the past five years, we have developed concrete plans to address these very issues, namely the Combatting Anti-Black Racism Strategy, including the creation of the first Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit in North America; the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy and Indigenous-led Poverty Reduction Strategy; and the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence Plan. We have also created an Indigenous Affairs Office to lead the City's work on Reconciliation. It is proposed that, in addition to further prioritizing and wherever possible accelerating these investments in future budgets, any savings or re-allocations realized through a review of Toronto Police service functions, will be invested back into these Council-endorsed programs. Finally, calls for greater accountability on the part of the Toronto Police Service are well-founded. Greater scrutiny of the budget of the Toronto Police Service, and over how the Police deliver their services, is required if we are to ensure they are on the path that Council sets out. Over the years, a number of important reports have been written, outlining the steps needed to stamp out discrimination in policing and improve response to people in crises. These should be implemented in full, and with accountability to ensure that their recommendations have been enacted. As well, the City should have the ability to review the Toronto Police Budget, line by line, and to ask our Auditor General to review the Police Service's budget to identify savings and efficiencies. In the past few years, the Toronto Police Service has taken steps toward change, and is no longer providing service in some non-police functions, such as noise by-law violations. During that same period, the number of uniformed officers has gone from 5,270 at the end of 2015 to a projected number of 5,025 by the end of June 2020; the average annual budget increase over that period has been held to 1.8%, which is below the rate of inflation in the fastest growing city in North America; and Toronto's number of police officers per population continues to be lower than many other large Canadian and US cities. Efforts have been made to reduce the Police budget and focus it on core policing roles, just as the service has stepped up efforts to address racial and other forms of discrimination within the service. But it is clear to all involved that, while reform efforts have been underway by the Toronto Police Service Board and the Toronto Police Service, it is not enough. Change is needed, and it is needed now. As a result of the changes proposed, I expect we will see an improvement in how community safety is provided to Torontonians, particularly to Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities. And I am confident it will lead to a reduction in the Toronto Police Service budget- a reduction that will be based on actual change and careful calculation and a reduction that will enable us to reinvest in critical community and social services to provide people with opportunities, keep them safe, and rebuild trust which has been eroded. We want a safe city, but we also want everyone to feel safe in our city. We must demonstrate as a City Council that we are absolutely committed to confronting systemic racism, to listening to people, and to making meaningful changes in how policing is done and our communities are kept safe. Through this motion, we are accelerating the pace of that change in Toronto and committing to address the questions of what police do, what they should do going forward, and how they do it, among many others. Sensible, meaningful change in policing must happen and we have begun to lay out the steps to ensure it does happen, together with a robust engagement of the public on these issues.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Toronto Police Services Board, community-based organizations, social services agencies and mental health support organizations to develop alternative models of community safety response that would: a. Involve the creation of non-police led response to calls involving individuals in crisis, and others as deemed appropriate through consultation; b. reflect the City's commitment to reconciliation; c. involve extensive community consultation on a proposed response model; and d. detail the likely reductions to the Toronto Police Services budget that would result from these changes, for Report to the Executive Committee by January 2021. 2. City Council commit that its first funding priority for future budgets is centred on a robust system of social supports and services, including ongoing investments in Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities, with rigorous accountability mechanisms to measure performance. 3. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Chief of Police to annually provide a line-by-line breakdown of the Toronto Police Service's existing budget at the outset of the Board's annual budget process, and this breakdown should be made publicly available; this line-by-line breakdown should be organized by the Toronto Police Service's individual program areas, functions or services delivered so as to provide maximum transparency to the public as to how public dollars are allocated currently (while not revealing investigative techniques or operations). 4. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Chief of Police to immediately provide the line-by-line breakdown of the Toronto Police Service's 2020 Budget and to make the breakdown publicly available by July 2020. 5. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to implement a 24-hour/7-days-a-week program across Toronto for its Mobile Crisis Intervention Team Program. 6. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to post its Use of Force Policy on its public website. 7. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to post its annual Budget Summary and Uniform/Civilian Staffing Summary per Command with Approved, Proposed and Actuals/ similar to the Excel information provided during the 2018 budget cycle, as the example they should follow starting retroactively for the last 5 years of machine-readable Open datasets to both theirs, and the City of Toronto Open Data Portal. 8..To assist in identifying areas of financial and operational improvement within the Toronto Police Service, City Council request the City Manager to seek an amendment to the City of Toronto Act to expand the City of Toronto's Auditor General's jurisdiction to include auditing the Toronto Police Service. 9. City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to consider a motion supporting City Council's request in Part 8 above and to communicate its position to the Province. 10. Until the legislative change to the City of Toronto Act requested in Part 8 above is in place, City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to invite the City's Auditor General to independently develop a work plan and conduct audits, which would include an examination of systemic issues, and to provide the Auditor General with the same level of co-operation and access to information as if this was required by the City of Toronto Act. 11. City Council request the Auditor General to report to City Council in the fourth quarter of 2020 on the status of the work plan set out in Part 10 above and the level of co-operation the Auditor General is receiving from the Toronto Police Services Board. 12. City Council direct the City Manager to develop plans to invest in critical community and social services that better address the root causes of safety and security, and ensure any savings identified from policing reforms are allocated to the following areas: a. investment in initiatives identified from the Combatting Anti-Black Racism Strategy, and those in Appendix A to the report (June 23, 2020) from Mayor John Tory; b. investment in the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence Plan to fulfil the City's outstanding requests to Public Safety Canada for the enhancement of violence prevention and intervention programs; c. investment in the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy and Indigenous-led Poverty Reduction Strategy; d. investment in Indigenous-led initiatives related to community safety and wellbeing; and e. investment in initiatives to support people experiencing mental health crisis. 13. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the Toronto Police Services Board in the development of a rigorous community consultation process to inform the criteria for the selection of the next Chief of Police. 14. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board in the recruitment for Toronto's new Chief of Police, to ensure that the successful candidate: a. has a proven track record of deep and successful reform of policing including: 1. proven ability to ensure that non-violent de-escalation strategies and techniques are employed at all times by police officers, particularly in relation to engagement with people from racialized communities and with residents with mental health issues; and 2. demonstrated experience in "modern policing" including building strong, lasting and sustainable bridges and relationships with racialized and marginalized communities and willingness to consider other models for first responder calls for non-violent incidents; and b. understands and values: 1. the importance of diversity in the City and in the Toronto Police Service itself; 2. acceptance and tolerance of all people and a recognition that Toronto is home to the most culturally diverse population in the world which gives our City its strength in times of crisis all around the world; and 3. the strategies and actions required to ensure that Toronto remains a place of tolerance, diversity and respect for all. 15. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to work in consultation with the City Manager to engage the City of Toronto's Anti-Black Racism Unit and Indigenous Affairs Office to assist in the community consultations about the new Chief of Police. 16. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to share regularly updated datasets from their Open Data Portal to the City of Toronto Open Data Portal, taking into consideration for any issues around personal data privacy; data sets to also include: a. Toronto Police Services Board annual reports in the proper digital format; and b. converting files currently provided in a .pdf format on the Toronto Police Service Open Data Portal to the proper digital format. 17. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to post all relevant open data with regards to its Races Based Data Strategy following all the provincially mandated guidelines to protect personal privacy, to both the Toronto Police Service Open Data Portal and the City of Toronto Open Data Portal. 18. City Council request the City Manager to report on the implementation of a City of Toronto Mobile Crisis Assistance Intervention Service that would deploy unarmed, medically trained crisis intervention assistance personnel, based on the "CAHOOTS" model from Eugene, Oregon; such report should include: a. description of how these specially trained first responders would deal with a range of community challenges including: homelessness, intoxication, substance abuse, mental illness, dispute resolution, and basic medical emergency care; and b. a process whereby when Crisis Assistance Intervention Service is established, that the City would subtract the cost of this new service from future Police budgets. 19. City Council request the Province to immediately review and overhaul the Equipment and Use of Force Regulation, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 926, so as to: a. emphasize de-escalation; and b. incorporate further modifications based on alternative models and best practices in peer jurisdictions, which address the use of deadly force. 20. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act and the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (which received Royal Assent but has not yet come into force) to significantly expand the instances in which suspension without pay and revocation of a police officer's appointment as a police officer is available where serious misconduct is alleged or ultimately established; these amendments should, at a minimum, implement the relevant elements of the Police Services Act, 2018 that addressed suspension without pay and the relevant elements of the Policing Oversight Act, 2018 that created the ability to revoke a police officer's appointment as a police officer in Ontario. 21. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act and the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (which received Royal Assent but has not yet come into force) to require that complaints made about a police officer's public conduct that alleges serious misconduct be investigated by the Province's independent police complaints agency (currently, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director) and not any police service's professional standards unit. 22. City Council request the Government of Ontario to eliminate any and all appeal powers for the Toronto Police Services Board as set out in the Police Services Act, 1990 for the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to overturn Toronto City Council decisions pertaining to Police Budget matters including requests for reduction, abolition, creation or amalgamation of police services. 23. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act to allow the City of Toronto to have direct oversight over the Toronto Police Services Budget and exempt Toronto City Council from the provisions of subsection 39(4) of the Act by removing the word "not" from the provisions of the subsection, as it pertains to the City of Toronto, as follows: In establishing an overall budget for the board, the Toronto City council does not have the authority to approve or disapprove specific items in the estimates. 24. City Council commit to eradicating racial profiling in policing and request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to immediately adopt the recommendations from the Ontario Human Rights Commission on race-based data and report back on the implementation status by January 1, 2021. 25. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to adopt all recommendations in Justice Iacobucci's report entitled Police Encounters with People in Crisis (2014), with a particular emphasis on Recommendation 3, which requires the Toronto Police Service to notify crisis intervention units for every call involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis and Recommendations 43 thru 54 pertaining to Mobile Crisis Intervention Team response. 26. City Council request, in the strongest possible terms, that the Province immediately reinstate the Police Services Act reforms recommended by Justice Tulloch, particularly those reforms focused on enhancing the independence and notifications requirements of the Special Investigations Unit (Recommendation 5.7). 27. City Council request the Chief of Police adopt all of the recommendations directed to the Toronto Police Service from the 2017 Andrew Loku Inquest. 28. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to ensure policies are enacted requiring all instances of alleged racial profiling and bias to be investigated under the Police Services Act. 29. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to implement a plan to equip all police officers with Body-Worn Cameras by January 1, 2021 and enact policies that ensure consequences for unauthorized de-activation or covering of the cameras. 30. City Council direct the City Manager and request the Toronto Police Services Board and City Divisions to consolidate and expedite data sharing to advise on violence prevention approaches. 31. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the Toronto Police Services Board to establish an accountability office and agency, independent of government and the Toronto Police, empowered through ongoing access to police personnel, facilities and records to conduct self-generated audits of police practices and policies, and to report annually to the Toronto Police Services Board and City Council with its audited findings and recommendations. 32. City Council direct the City Manager to establish and resource an Accountability Table with annual reporting, similar to that established for the Toronto Seniors Strategy, by September 2020, composed of representatives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, mental health and addictions experts, homeless advocates, and other equity-seeking groups to monitor the implementation including budgetary impacts of all recommendations pertaining to City Council's decision. 33. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to report on outcomes associated with how diversity in human resources is being prioritized and achieved by the Toronto Police Service, including with respect to recruitment, hiring and promotion for both civilian and uniform positions, at all ranks and classifications. 34. City Council, building on the mandate and membership of the Partnership and Accountability Circle, establish a Confronting Anti-Black Racism Council Advisory Body, and direct the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on recommended Terms of Reference for the Advisory Body to be approved by City Council in September 2020. 35. City Council direct the City Manager to determine and fill the necessary staffing requirements within the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Indigenous Affairs Office to deliver on a mandate focused solely on advancing the implementation of the above recommendations and those Recommendations and Actions concerning Policing and the Justice System, as outlined in the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. 36. City Council direct the City Manager to provide an update by January 1, 2021 on the implementation status of City Council's decision.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor John Tory recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Toronto Police Services Board, to develop alternative models of community safety response that would: a. Involve the creation of non-police led response to calls which do not involve weapons or violence, such as those involving individuals experiencing mental health crises and where a police response is not necessary; b. Reflect the City's commitment to reconciliation; c. Involve extensive community consultation on a proposed response model; and d. Detail the likely reductions to the Toronto Police Services budget that would result from these changes, For Report to the Executive Committee by January 2021. 2. City Council commit that its first funding priority for future budgets is centered on a robust system of social supports and services, including ongoing investments in Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities, with rigorous accountability mechanisms to measure performance. 3. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Chief to annually provide a line-by-line breakdown of the Toronto Police Service's existing budget at the outset of the Board's annual budget process, and this breakdown should be made publicly available. This line-by-line breakdown should be organized by the Toronto Police Service's individual program areas, functions or services delivered so as to provide maximum transparency to the public as to how public dollars are allocated currently (while not revealing investigative techniques or operations). 4. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to invite the Auditor General to review the budget of the Toronto Police Services Board and identify opportunities for savings and efficiencies. 5. City Council direct the City Manager to develop plans to invest in critical community and social services that better address the root causes of safety and security, and ensure any savings identified from policing reforms are allocated to the following areas: a. Investment in initiatives identified from the Combatting Anti-Black Racism Strategy, and those in Appendix A. b. Investment in the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence Plan to fulfil the City's outstanding requests to Public Safety Canada for the enhancement of violence prevention and intervention programs. c. Investment in the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy and Indigenous-led Poverty Reduction Strategy. d. Investment in Indigenous-led initiatives related to community safety and wellbeing. e. Investment in initiatives to support people experiencing mental health crisis. 6. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the Toronto Police Services Board in the development of a rigorous community consultation process to inform the criteria for the selection of the next Chief of Police. 7. City Council request the Province immediately review and overhaul the Equipment and Use of Force Regulation, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 926, so as to: a. Emphasize de-escalation; and b. Incorporate further modifications based on alternative models and best practices in peer jurisdictions, which address the use of deadly force. 8. City Council commit to eradicating racial profiling in policing and request the Toronto Police Services Board direct the Toronto Police Service to immediately adopt the recommendations from the Ontario Human Rights Commission on race-based data and report back on the implementation status by January 1, 2021. 9. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board direct the Toronto Police Service to adopt all recommendations in Justice Iacobucci's report entitled Police Encounters with People in Crisis (2014), with a particular emphasis on Recommendation 3, which requires the Toronto Police Service to notify crisis intervention units for every call involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis and Recommendations 43 thru 54 pertaining to Mobile Crisis Intervention Team response. 10. City Council request, in the strongest possible terms, the Province immediately reinstate the Police Services Act reforms recommended by Justice Tulloch, particularly those reforms focused on enhancing the independence and notifications requirements of the Special Investigations Unit (Recommendation 5.7). 11. City Council request the Chief of Police adopt all of the recommendations directed to the Toronto Police Service from the 2017 Andrew Loku Inquest. 12. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to ensure policies are enacted requiring all instances of alleged racial profiling and bias to be investigated under the Police Services Act. 13. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to implement a plan to equip all police officers with Body-Worn Cameras by January 1, 2021 and enact policies that ensure consequences for unauthorized de-activation or covering of the cameras. 14. City Council direct the City Manager and request the Toronto Police Services Board and City Divisions to consolidate and expedite data sharing to advise on violence prevention approaches. 15. City Council request that the Toronto Police Services Board report on outcomes associated with how diversity in human resources is being prioritized and achieved by the Toronto Police Service, including with respect to recruitment, hiring and promotion for both civilian and uniform positions, at all ranks and classifications. 16. City Council, building on the mandate and membership of the Partnership and Accountability Circle, establish a Confronting Anti-Black Racism Council Advisory Body, and direct the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on recommended Terms of Reference for the Advisory Body to be approved by City Council in September 2020. 17. City Council direct the City Manager to determine and fill the necessary staffing requirements within the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Indigenous Affairs Office to deliver on a mandate focused solely on advancing the implementation of the above recommendations and those Recommendations and Actions concerning Policing & the Justice System, as outlined in the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. 18. City Council direct the City Manager to provide an update by January 1, 2021 on the implementation status of all the above recommendations.
MM22.2adopted
Monarch butterflies are one of the most iconic and cherished insects in North America. Their epic 5,000-kilometre migration from eastern Canada to the forests of central Mexico begins in late August each year. In 2013, the eastern population of monarch butterflies dropped by 95 percent, resulting in the smallest recorded population since the mid-1990's. Since 2013, the population has rebounded, owing in part to the collective efforts of thousands of individuals, groups and communities across Canada, however the monarch's future remains in peril. Flight of the Monarchs Day is an opportunity to celebrate the growing movement to protect monarch butterflies and the astonishing phenomenon of their migration as their epic journey southward begins. In support of a Toronto and Region Conservation Authority initiative to protect Monarch butterflies, this proclamation will help spread awareness of the need to protect species at risk while supporting community action to restore and enhance local habitat.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council proclaim August 22, 2020 as Flight of the Monarchs Day.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council proclaim August 22, 2020 as Flight of the Monarchs Day.
RM22.2adopted
City Council will confirm the Minutes from the special meetings held on February 26, 2020, March 6, 2020, April 30, 2020 and May 28, 2020.
City Council confirmed the Minutes of Council from the special meetings held on February 26, 2020, March 6, 2020, April 30, 2020 and May 28, 2020.
CC22.3amended
Report to City Council on COVID-19 Actions and Council Directions
This report provides a brief update on the City's ongoing COVID-19 emergency response activities and a description of the process underway to restart City services and support the reopening of Toronto's businesses. This report outlines many of the prevention and mitigation strategies being undertaken by the City to limit the spread of COVID-19 and preparations to protect the people of Toronto in the event of a second and/or future waves of the virus. At its meeting on May 28, 2020, City Council directed the City Manager to report on a number of issues related to specific City's response to the COVID-19 pandemic including: screening practices at Pearson Airport; information related to how the City is preparing for a potential 'second wave' of COVID-19; ability of the City to require the wearing of masks or face coverings by the public within permitted businesses, offices and public gathering places; and the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild's engagement strategy.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council enact a temporary By-law requiring the person or organization who owns or is responsible for the operation of a facility or business to have a policy to ensure masks or face coverings be worn by the public in the enclosed public spaces under their control, subject to appropriate exemptions for individuals who are unable to wear a mask or face covering for medical reasons, children under two years old, and other reasonable accommodations; the policy shall include corresponding signage and training for staff on the requirements of this By-law. 2. City Council direct that the By-law come into force one week after being enacted, and expire at 12:01 a.m. on the first day after the completion of the first Council meeting after the summer recess (currently scheduled for September 30 and October 1, 2020), unless extended by Council. 3. City Council request the Medical Officer of Health to review the Medical Officer of Health's recommendations regarding masks and face coverings on a monthly basis, and to report if any changes are required before September 30, 2020. 4. City Council request the Province to enact a complementary mask regulation applicable within the City of Toronto, including on all public transit systems. 5. City Council recommend the Government of Canada enact a complementary mask regulation applicable to enclosed public spaces under federal jurisdiction within the City of Toronto. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill and apply for set fines to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, or technical amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, in order to give best effect to the Medical Officer of Health's recommendations for the protection of the public as described in the supplementary report (June 30, 2020) form the Medical Officer of Health. 7. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council receive this report for information.
MM22.3adopted
Fare integration between transit agencies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is an opportunity to increase transit ridership and improve affordability all residents. The Provincial funding of the GO Transit/Union Pearson Express-Toronto Transit Commission Discounted Fare Initiative expired on March 31, 2020. A $1.50 co-fare between GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission was introduced in 2018, funded by the Province of Ontario through Metrolinx. Demand for the program is evident from the over 4.5 million more rides than were budgeted for in 2019-20. Before the introduction of the co-fare, approximately 50,000 daily trips used a combination of GO Transit, Toronto Transit Commission and Union Pearson Express. The co-fare between GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission increases access to rapid transit. Approximately half of Toronto's Neighbourhood Improvement Areas have a GO Transit station nearby or within the area. Most of these Neighbourhood Improvement Areas are not currently serviced by Toronto Transit Commission rapid transit. Transit users in the Greater Toronto Area enjoy discounted GO Transit co-fares which are funded by the Province of Ontario through Metrolinx. Transit users in Mississauga, Brampton, and Durham (Durham Region Transit) pay an 80-cent co-fare when transferring to or from GO Transit. York Region Transit users pay one dollar for trips to and from GO Transit. Toronto City Council voted to support a co-fare program between GO Transit and Toronto Transit Commission in 2017. City Council also voted to support accelerated plans for full and affordable fare integration, including a single fare for all transit trips within the City of Toronto.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to continue the GO/Union Pearson Express-Toronto Transit Commission Discounted Fare Initiative agreement with the City of Toronto based on the terms reached and outlined in Item 2017.EX28.6, Advancing Fare Integration, adopted by City Council at its meeting on November 7, 8 and 9, 2017.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to continue the GO/Union Pearson Express-Toronto Transit Commission Discounted Fare Initiative agreement with the City of Toronto based on the terms reached and outlined in Item 2017.EX28.6, Advancing Fare Integration, adopted by City Council at its meeting on November 7, 8 and 9, 2017.
RM22.3adopted
Introduction of Committee Reports and New Business from the Mayor and City Officials
Deferred Committee Items: Scarborough Community Council Item SC12.4 Scarborough Community Council Item SC12.6 Report of the Executive Committee from Meeting 14 on June 22, 2020 Submitted by Mayor John Tory, Chair Report of the Audit Committee from Meeting 5 on Feburary 10, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Stephen Holyday, Chair Report of the Board of Health from Meeting 17 on June 8, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Joe Cressy, Chair Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 12 on March 10, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Chair Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 13 on June 4, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Chair Report of the General Government and Licensing Committee from Meeting 12 on March 9, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair Report of the General Government and Licensing Committee from Meeting 13 on June 2, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 12 on March 11, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 13 on June 10, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Planning and Housing Committee from Meeting 14 on June 15, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Ana Bailão, Chair Report of the Striking Committee from Meeting 5 on March 3, 2020 Submitted by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, Chair Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 17, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 16, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Vice Chair Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 19, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Vice Chair Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 18, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair New Business submitted by the Mayor and City Officials
Committee Reports and New Business were presented to City Council for consideration.
CC22.4adopted
The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the results of the collective bargaining negotiations with CUPE, Local 79 and to seek ratification and approval of the successfully negotiated Memorandum of Settlement between the City of Toronto and CUPE, Local 79 for the Full-time Unit, Unit B - Part-time, Recreation Workers - Part-time and the Long-Term Care Homes & Services Part-time Unit. Local 79 is scheduled to ratify the Memoranda of Settlements on June 27, 2020.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council ratify and approve the following Memoranda of Settlement dated March 13, 2020, between the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79, following ratification by CUPE, Local 79 in order to effect the new collective agreements for each of the bargaining units: a. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Full-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1A to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer; b. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Unit B Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1B to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer; c. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Recreation Workers Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1C to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer; and d. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Long-Term Care Homes and Services Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1D to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer. 2. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay, benefits and other issues identified as agreed changes in the new Memoranda of Settlements. 3. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary adjustments to the 2020 Non-Program Expenditure Budget and Operating Budgets of the Divisions to reflect the provisions of the Memoranda of Settlements. 4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer at the conclusion of the City Council Meeting. 5. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachment 2, Parts A, B, C and D, to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer at the conclusion of the City Council Meeting. 6. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential labour relations information in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer at the conclusion of the City Council Meeting. Confidential Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, Confidential Attachment 2, Parts A, B, C and D only, and Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to labour relations or employee negotiations and labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager and the Chief People Officer recommend that: Subject to confirmation that Local 79 has ratified the memoranda: 1. City Council ratify and approve the following Memoranda of Settlement dated March 13, 2020, between the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79, following ratification by CUPE, Local 79 in order to effect the new collective agreements for each of the bargaining units: a. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Full-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1A; b. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Unit B Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1B; and c. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Recreation Workers Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1C; and d. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Long-Term Care Homes and Services Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1D. 2. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay, benefits and other issues identified as agreed changes in the new Memoranda of Settlements. 3. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary adjustments to the 2020 Non-Program Expenditure Budget and Operating Budgets of the Divisions to reflect the provisions of the Memoranda of Settlements. 4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, if the Memoranda of Settlements are ratified and approved by Council, at the conclusion of the Council Meeting. 5. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachment 2, Parts A, B, C and D, if the Memoranda of Settlements are ratified and approved by Council, at the conclusion of the Council Meeting. 6. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential labour relations information in Confidential Attachment 3, if the Memoranda of Settlements are ratified and approved by Council, at the conclusion of the Council Meeting.
MM22.4adopted
Closed-circuit television surveillance cameras are to be installed at the intersection of Jane and Finch. A notice was released to stakeholders in December, 2019, however, this decision comes without community consultation. The process has excluded the community at large.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to consult with the appropriate agencies, including the Toronto Police Service, and to report to the General Government and Licensing Committee on the policy framework, processes and existing protocols that apply to the installation of closed-circuit television surveillance cameras on City right-of-way infrastructure.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to consult with the appropriate agencies, including the Toronto Police Service, and to report to the General Government and Licensing Committee on the policy framework, processes and existing protocols that apply to the installation of closed-circuit television surveillance cameras on City right-of-way infrastructure.
RM22.4received
Members of Council may file petitions.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 received the following petitions for information: 1. Petition headed "Against to Modular Housing initiative at 11 Macey Avenue, Scarborough", submitted by Councillor Gary Crawford, Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, containing the signatures of approximately 49 persons. 2. Petition headed "Let's Rename Dundas Street in Toronto", submitted by Councillor Mike Layton, Ward 11, University-Rosedale, containing the names of approximately 13,955 persons. 3. Petition headed "Please bring Advance Peace to Toronto to help reduce our city's rising gun violence crisis!", submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Ward 21, Toronto Centre, containing the names of approximately 25,000 persons.
CC22.5adopted
Appointment of a Public Member to the Committee of Adjustment
On March 3, 2020, the Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment conducted interviews and recommended one candidate to City Council for appointment to the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Sophia Ruddock to the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment for a term of office ending November 14, 2022, and until a successor is appointed. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (February 25, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment. Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (February 25, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Clerk transmits the Decision Letter from the Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment. The Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Sophia Ruddock to the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment for a term of office ending November 14, 2022, and until a successor is appointed. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (February 25, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment. Candidate's biography: Sophia Ruddock Sophia Ruddock lives and works in the City of Toronto and is active in her son's school as a member of the School Advisory Committee and the parent representative on several advisory committees of the Toronto District School Board. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1995 and has over 20 years of experience practicing before various administrative tribunals and agencies. She has served on numerous community boards and committees, in various capacities, including acting as Chair.
MM22.5withdrawn
We watched the video of George Floyd being murdered by a Minneapolis police officer with horror, sadness and anger. We watched the video of Amy Cooper in New York weaponizing white privilege by calling the police on a Black person who was birding in Central Park. We've seen citizens peacefully protesting police brutality met with grievous and indefensible displays of police brutality in cities across America. These disturbing and unacceptable exhibits of police misconduct and systemic anti-Black racism have rightly captured our attention, but it is critical that we recognize that they are not new, isolated, or confined to the United States. Black, Indigenous and People of Colour too often have lower incomes, poorer health outcomes and are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. That's because Black, Indigenous and People of Colour face systemic racism here in Toronto every single day. That's because systemic racism in the Toronto Police Service has deep impacts on Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. That's because systemic racism in the City of Toronto's Budget, and society at large, has deep impacts on Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. We recognize that many of the impediments to community safety will not be solved by the police. Too many people are unable to access the life-saving resources they need to thrive, while growing affordability, mental health and addictions crises are having massive health and safety impacts. In 2016, in response to growing pressure from community members and activists, the Province of Ontario established the Anti-Racism Directorate. The Directorate is tasked with applying an anti-racism lens to government policies, programs, and services. Shortly after the formation of the Directorate, Toronto City Council called on the province to conduct a full review of the mandate, procedures and outcomes of the Special Investigations Unit with respect to the treatment of cases that involve Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. Since then, Premier Doug Ford has demoted the position of Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism to associate Minister, cut the budget of the Anti-Racism Directorate and eliminated the four sub-committee working groups. If we are committed to eradicating anti-Black racism, this commitment needs to be demonstrated across the Province and funding for anti-racism work must be restored and expanded. The Province must also commit to a full review of the mandate, procedures and outcomes of the Special Investigations Unit. In 2013, we listened to the experts, including Dr. Alvin Curling, who wrote the provincial Roots of Youth Violence Report. The report, and many other studies, have concluded that police enforcement is less effective than community supports at curbing violent crime. Experts cite inequality, poverty, mental health, systemic racism, and a lack of opportunity as primary factors influencing the path a teen chooses in life. Toronto City Council has already started to recognize the importance of community investments through the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy and the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy. However, there is much more work needed to provide equity for marginalized Torontonians. Despite advocacy from organizations representing racialized Torontonians and other vulnerable communities, many of the recommendations in the strategies have not been funded or acted upon. The path forward to supporting Black, and Indigenous and People of Colour has been made clear by those voices: defund the police and reallocate those funds toward community supports. Defunding does not mean a lack of support for the police services we rely on - it's about a necessary rebalancing to ensure that we fund alternatives to policing. There are actual barriers to this way forward at the municipal level in Toronto, unlike cities in other jurisdictions. Under Ontario provincial statute, Toronto City Council does not have any direct control of the Police Budget. While City Councillors have the ability to set the overall Police Budget, we cannot legally decide how the money is spent. The Toronto Police Service, for example, could unilaterally cut road safety enforcement or community and neighbourhood policing initiatives if their budget is reduced. This Motion seeks to wrest control of the Police Budget through an amendment in the provincial Police Services Act. As the principal funding body, we assert that Toronto City Council should have much greater oversight of how local tax dollars are spent and an understanding of the funded services. It is incumbent upon decision-makers to ensure that necessary resources and supports are provided to Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. The Police Budget is the single largest item in our City's Operating Budget. Therefore, this Motion seeks to reduce the Police Budget by 10 percent and direct the savings towards community investments at the recommendations of the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and Social Development, Finance, and Administration Division. If approved, the actions contained in this Motion would be a significant step towards providing equity for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
Motion MM22.5 was withdrawn at City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act, 1990 to allow for the City of Toronto to have direct oversight over the Toronto Police Services Budget by creating a clause in sec 39(4) that removes the word "not" as it pertains to the City of Toronto as follows: In establishing an overall budget for the board, the Toronto City council does not have the authority to approve or disapprove specific items in the estimates. 2. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to provide a 2021 Budget request that is a minimum of 10 percent lower than the 2020 approved Budget. 3. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to provide a line-by-line accounting of their 2021 Budget request. 4. City Council direct the City Manager to consult with the People and Equity Division, Social Development, Finance, and Administration, the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Anti-Black Racism Partnership and Accountability Circle and to report to the Budget Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020 on recommended investments that enhance resiliency in marginalized communities, to be provided with the savings that would be realized by reallocating the funds from the 10 percent reduction in the Toronto Police Services Budget as described in Recommendation 2 above, potentially including: a. Community-led alternatives to policing and the criminal justice system; b. Anti-racism education; c. Programs identified in the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy; d. Childcare; e. Affordable housing; f. Tenants' Defence Fund; g. Skills training and Employment counselling; and h. Food security. 5. City Council direct the City Manager to work with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour community-led organizations, mental health, restorative justice and legal experts to identify alternative 911 and other emergency responses to replace armed police officers with mobile, community-based crisis programs as first responders to de-escalate and triage non-criminal incidents of crisis involving mental health and addictions, the homeless, school discipline and neighbour disputes and to report back to the September 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee with the findings and recommendations, along with costing, source of funding and all other pertinent information. 6. City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to establish an explicit policy to immediately ban the use of deadly force and military-style weapons against unarmed civilians, including but not limited to firearms, chemical weapons, including tear gas or armoured vehicles, and to dispose of all such weapons by no later than one year by June 30, 2021. 7. City Council request the Government of Ontario to eliminate any and all appeal powers for the Toronto Police Services Board as set out in the Police Services Act, 1990 for the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to overturn Toronto City Council decisions pertaining to Police Budget matters including requests for reduction, abolition, creation or amalgamation of Police services. 8. City Council direct the City Manager to establish an Accountability Table, similar to that established for the Toronto Seniors Strategy, by September 2020, composed of representatives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, mental health and addictions experts, homeless advocates, and other equity-seeking groups to monitor the implementation of Recommendations 1 to 7 above.
RM22.5received
Presentations, Introductions and Announcements
Various presentations and announcements will be made at the City Council meeting.
No presentations, introductions and announcements were made at the June 29 and 30, 2020 meeting of City Council.
CC22.6deferred
Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report
Pursuant to section 173(2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 3, the Ombudsman is required to submit an annual report on the activities of her office directly to City Council.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 deferred consideration of Item CC22.6 to the July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Ombudsman recommends that: City Council receive the Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report for information.
MM22.6adopted
This Motion seeks Council's authorization to release $3,311,665.35 in Section 37 monies to Ryerson University to fund the construction costs of Public Realm Improvement Projects proposed for portions of Ryerson's main Campus including Nelson Mandela Way, Gould Street and Victoria Street. The first phase of this work is described in Ryerson's Campus Public Realm Plan and include the conversion of Gould Street to a pedestrian Plaza with consistent paving materials, new furnishings, new lighting and features to enhance the central gathering space on the Campus. The estimated value of the total public realm investments are approximately $13.0 million. This funding is the third, and final, instalment of a $7 million commitment of Section 37 funds to the Campus Public Realm Plan and $3,688,334.65 in Section 37 monies have already been allocated to the project. Ryerson University, in collaboration with the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area, has developed a visionary Campus Public Realm Plan that situates the institution as being seamlessly interwoven into the fabric of our downtown core. In consultation with City of Toronto Public Realm staff, Transportation Services and Urban Design staff, they have created a long-term plan that incorporates principles that align with the City's own goals of creating streets and open spaces that are engaging, vibrant, safe and accessible, through the YongeTOmorrow Environmental Assessment. Our post-secondary institutions are integral parts of our City and when they invest in the City's public realm, it is incumbent on City Council to support this work. Section 37 funds have been both secured and received by the City from the developments at 480-494 Yonge Street and 3 Grosvenor Street, for the purpose of local parklands and streetscape improvements, to the satisfaction the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. Of these funds, there currently remains sufficient funds for this Motion that has not been spent or is committed. City Planning staff advise that the proposed purposes of the funds as set out in the Recommendations of this Motion are in accordance with Council approved guidelines and protocols.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Non-Program Operating Budget by $3,311,665.35 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) for the transfer to the Ryerson University to fund the construction costs of Public Realm Improvement Projects proposed for portions of Ryerson's main Campus, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits from the development at 480-494 Yonge Street and 3 Grosvenor Street (Source Account: XR3026-3700909). 2. City Council direct that the $3,311,665.35 be forwarded to the Ryerson Public Realm Improvement Projects upon the signing of an Undertaking by Ryerson University governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Non-Program Operating Budget by $3,311,665.35 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) for the transfer to the Ryerson University to fund the construction costs of Public Realm Improvement Projects proposed for portions of Ryerson's main Campus, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits from the development at 480-494 Yonge Street and 3 Grosvenor Street (Source Account: XR3026-3700909). 2. City Council direct that the $3,311,665.35 be forwarded to the Ryerson Public Realm Improvement Projects upon the signing of an Undertaking by Ryerson University governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
RM22.6amended
City Council will review the Order Paper.
June 29, 2020: City Council adopted the June 29, 2020, Order Paper, as amended, and all other Items not held on consent. June 30, 2020: City Council adopted the June 30, 2020, Order Paper.
CC22.7deferred
2450 Victoria Park Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions
On October 30, 2017, the applicant submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment Application for the lands municipally known as 2450 Victoria Park Avenue. The Zoning By-law Amendment Application proposes to redevelop the lands with a total of four residential buildings containing retail uses on the ground floor ranging in height from 11 to 44 storeys, for a total of 1,247 residential units and 1,606 square metres of ground floor retail space. The proposed total gross floor area is 96,405 square metres, which results in a proposed density of 4.99 times the area of the lot. A total of 1,266 vehicle parking spaces and 952 bicycle parking spaces are proposed. A new 2,915 square metre on-site public park and two new east-west private roads are also proposed as part of the application. The existing seven-storey (7,755 square metres) office building on the lands is also proposed to be demolished. The applicant also proposed that a Class 4 noise area classification be applied to the proposed development, as set out in the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change's Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources (NPC-300) as the site is in proximity to stationary noise sources such as the Enbridge head office located opposite the site, on the north side of Consumers Road, which operates under an existing Environmental Compliance Approval for the air cooled condenser units, exhaust fans, and cooling towers on site. On March 23, 2018, the applicant appealed their proposal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") due to Council's failure to make a decision within the statutory timeframe. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the fifteen-day LPAT hearing that is scheduled to commence August 10, 2020. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 deferred consideration of Item CC22.7 to the July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Attachment 2, Confidential Attachment 3 and Confidential Attachment 4, to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.7adopted
This Motion seeks authorization to release $1,846,651.31 in Section 37 funds to Artscape for affordable housing and community facilities in Ward 10. Artscape has several projects in Ward 10 with affordable housing and/or community facility components including Launchpad, Youngplace, Gibraltar Point, Sandbox, 210 Simcoe, and Waterworks. Many Artscape projects in Ward 10 can benefit from capital funding to expand, enhance, or renew existing facilities. The City has secured funds under Section 37 of the Planning Act with the owner of the developments at 180 Queen Street West, authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 355-2003(OMB), which shall be used for artist housing at Artscape; 96 St. Patrick Street, authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 151-2002, which shall be used for artists' housing; and 57 Spadina Avenue, authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 1061-2014, which shall be used for community services and facilities and public realm improvements. The use of these funds for these purposes complies with the by-laws and agreements. Artscape will be required to sign an Undertaking that will govern the use of the funds and financial reporting requirements, prior to the funds being released by the City.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $1,400,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 57 Spadina Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700954), for the purpose of providing one time capital funding to Artscape for capital improvements to existing and planned community facilities located in Ward 10 (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council authorize the transfer of $446,651.31 in Section 37 funding to the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), fully funded from the developments at 180 Queen Street West and 96 St. Patrick Street as detailed below: a. 180 Queen Street West, secured for the provision of Artist housing at Artscape in the amount of $277,036.88 (Source Account: XR3026-3700029); and b. 96 St. Patrick Street, secured for the provision of artists' housing, through direct expenditure or through Toronto Artscape or such other agency as the City in its sole discretion may determine, in the amount of $169,614.43 (Source Account: XR3026-3700125). 3. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration by $446,651.31 gross, $0 net, for transfer to Artscape projects for the purpose of developing Affordable Housing in Ward 10. 4. City Council direct that the $1,846,651.31 be forwarded to Artscape subject to Artscape signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $1,400,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 57 Spadina Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700954), for the purpose of providing one time capital funding to Artscape for capital improvements to existing and planned community facilities located in Ward 10 (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council authorize the transfer of $446,651.31 in Section 37 funding to the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), fully funded from the developments at 180 Queen Street West and 96 St. Patrick Street as detailed below: a. 180 Queen Street West, secured for the provision of Artist housing at Artscape in the amount of $277,036.88 (Source Account: XR3026-3700029); and b. 96 St. Patrick Street, secured for the provision of artists' housing, through direct expenditure or through Toronto Artscape or such other agency as the City in its sole discretion may determine, in the amount of $169,614.43 (Source Account: XR3026-3700125). 3. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration by $446,651.31 gross, $0 net, for transfer to Artscape projects for the purpose of developing Affordable Housing in Ward 10. 4. City Council direct that the $1,846,651.31 be forwarded to Artscape subject to Artscape signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
CC22.8adopted
On December 5, 2017, the applications were refused by City Council and subsequently appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") pursuant to s. 22(7) and 34(11) of the Planning Act. On February 16, 2018, the applicant submitted a revised proposal which involved the expansion of the site to include the property at 64 Wellesley Street East. A Request for Directions report dated April 24, 2018 was adopted by Toronto and East York Community Council and City Council to continue to oppose the applications at the LPAT. On or around February 28, 2020, the applicant submitted drawings in support of a further revised proposal on a with prejudice basis. The revised proposal is for a mixed use building that wraps around the existing City lane (Dapper Lane). The eastern half to the site, along Church Street (552-570 Church Street and 66 Wellesley Street East), a 9-storey mixed-use building with commercial and retail uses on the first two floors (1,650 square metres) and residential uses above. To the west of the lane, at 64 Wellesley, the proposal includes the retention of a portion of the heritage building, with the addition of a tall building resulting in a 39 storey mixed-use building (124 metres, plus an 8-metre mechanical penthouse) for a total of 132 metres, with 190 square metres of retail at grade. The total gross floor area of 38,805 square metres (36,980 square metres residential gross floor area; 1,825 square metres of non-residential gross floor area) and a proposed floor space index of 12.62. The development proposes 434 residential units, which include 68 rental replacement units. Ninety-nine parking spaces are proposed (73 residential; 26 visitor). The total gross area of proposed amenity space is 1265 square metres (965 square metres of indoor amenity area; 300 square metres of outdoor amenity area). The proposed Official Plan Amendment has been revised to remove the request to amend Map 18 - Land Use Plan. The request for re-designation of part of the lands from Apartment Neighbourhoods to Mixed Use Areas is no longer being requested. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the eight day LPAT hearing that is scheduled to commence September 8, 2020. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with the appropriate staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to continue to oppose the applicant's appeal respecting the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application (File 17 210131 STE 27 OZ) for 64-66 Wellesley Street East and 552-570 Church Street, including the City-owned laneway. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to continue to seek revisions to the applications and to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve issues with the proposal satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and to report back to City Council on the outcome of discussions, if necessary. 3. In the event that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal allows the appeal in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold the issuance of any Order(s) until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form of the Official Plan Amendments and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and amongst other matters include: i. securing replacement rental dwelling units and rents, tenant relocation and assistance and any other rental housing related matters at least in conformity with Housing Policy 3.2.1.6 of the Official Plan, and the owner has entered into and registered a Section 37 Agreement with the City incorporating such replacement rental dwelling units, securing rents, tenant relocation and assistance, any other rental housing related matters and other section 37 matters, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and ii. the requirement for appropriate matters, services and facilities to be provided by the owner at the owner's expense pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act and any other matters necessary to support the development; b. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 64 Wellesley Street East in accordance with an approved Conservation Plan, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, including execution and registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; c. the owner has applied for and obtained approval for alterations to the heritage property at 64 Wellesley Street East under section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act; d. City Council has dealt with a future Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act to demolish the existing rental dwelling units on the property and such matters arising from the future Rental Housing Demolition Application have been secured in a Section 111 Agreement to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and registered on title to the site to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; e. the owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and supporting documents, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; f. the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades and/or required improvements to municipal infrastructure in connection with the accepted Functional Servicing Report, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades to such infrastructure are required to support this development; g. the owner has entered into and executed a Section 37 Agreement securing such matters, services and facilities to be provided by the owner at the owner's own expense pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act and any other matters necessary to support the development all satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and registered on title to the lands satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and h. the owner withdraws the owner's appeals of Official Plan Amendment 352, and By-laws 1106-2016 and 1107-2016. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.8adopted
Authority is being sought to amend the Approved 2020-2029 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services by $443,457 fully funded by a Section 37 Contribution related to the development application address at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East. (Source Account: XR3026-3700293) The Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404 is owned by the Ministry of Transportation and it is scheduled to undergo major rehabilitation work starting in 2023. The Section 37 contribution from the 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East development will allow for permanent public realm improvements on the North side of the bridge. The construction will be undertaken by the Ministry of Transportation and this approach maximizes cost efficiency and enhances the level of improvements to be undertaken.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020-2029 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services, on a one-time basis, by approving total project costs of $443,457.16 gross, $0 debt, and cash flow commitments of $76,397.96 in 2020 and $367,059.20 in 2023, fully funded by Section 37 funds related to the development at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East (Source Account: XR3026-3700293), for administrative, design and construction costs of the public realm improvements on the Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor John Filion, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020-2029 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services, on a one-time basis, by approving total project costs of $443,457.16 gross, $0 debt, and cash flow commitments of $76,397.96 in 2020 and $367,059.20 in 2023, fully funded by Section 37 funds related to the development at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East (Source Account: XR3026-3700293), for administrative, design and construction costs of the public realm improvements on the Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404.
CC22.9adopted
Port Lands Official Plan Modification Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Appeals - Request for Direction
The Port Lands Official Plan Modification (the "Port Lands OPM" or "OPM") was endorsed by City Council in December of 2017. The Port Lands OPM modifies OPA 257, referred to as the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (the "CWSP"). OPA 257 was an amendment to the former City of Toronto Official Plan. The CWSP was appealed in 2003 and is not yet in force for the Port Lands geography. Several appellants of the CWSP, including public agencies, existing industries, and private owners with development aspirations, have raised issues with the Port Lands OPM. A six-week hearing for the Port Lands OPM is scheduled to be heard by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) commencing on September 1, 2020. This is the first phase of the hearing, which is dealing only with land use and transportation issues. Subsequent hearing phases will address the balance of the issues. The purpose of this report is to seek instructions that would potentially resolve or narrow the scope of some issues for the hearing. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as they contain information that is subject to solicitor-client and settlement privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council endorse the Proposed Policy Modifications as outlined in the Proposed Policy Modifications Table, Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to support the Proposed Policy Modifications at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing of the Port Lands Official Plan Modification appeals. 3. City Council endorse the Goods Movement Settlement Proposal as outlined in Confidential Appendix B to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 4. City Council endorse the CRH Commissioners Street right-of-way Settlement Proposal as outlined in Confidential Appendix C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to execute Minutes of Settlement with the Toronto Port Authority, Lafarge Canada Inc. and CRH Canada Group Inc. as required to implement Parts 3 and 4 above. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to take such further actions as necessary to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain information that is subject to solicitor-client and settlement privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations and Confidential Appendix A, once adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C are to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as they contain information that is subject to solicitor-client and settlement privilege.
MM22.9adopted
This Motion seeks to provide $1,500 in funding through Section 37 monies to the Fred Dowling Housing Co-op for the painting of a mural on the wall in Frankel Lambert Park which runs beside the CPR line between Shaw and Christie Streets. In 2018, Paula Gonzalez-Ossa, a local artist, led a team of artists in creating a mural in Frankel Lambert Park, in partnership with the local residents association, the Frankel-Lambert Outreach Committee. The artist is known for her signature graffiti art style, and for creating artwork which is reflective of the culture and diversity of the neighbourhood in which the art is based. Frankel-Lambert Outreach Committee represents residents from four housing cooperatives, Toronto Community Housing residences, a seniors' residence, and private homes that surround Frankel-Lambert Park. This year, Frankel-Lambert Outreach Committee and the Fred Dowling Housing Co-op are working with the original artist to expand the mural into a section of wall which is currently bare and frequently vandalized. In light of COVID-19, the intention of the mural is to provide neighbourhood beautification and a message of positivity and community togetherness. Section 37 funds have been secured and received from the development at 1443, 1445, 1451 Bathurst Street and 501 St. Clair Avenue West for public art and beautification and street enhancement projects. The use of the funds for the Frankel-Lambert mural from this development is consistent with the purpose for which the funds have been secured and complies with the Council approved Section 37 Guidelines. Prior to the funds being released from the City, the Fred Dowling Housing Co-op will be required to sign an Undertaking that governs the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $1,500.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Funds) community benefits from 1443, 1445 and 1451 Bathurst Street and 501 St. Clair Avenue West (Source Account: XR3026-3700597) for a mural in Frankel Lambert Park (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council forward the $1,500.00 to Fred Dowling Housing Co-op, subject to the organization signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $1,500.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Funds) community benefits from 1443, 1445 and 1451 Bathurst Street and 501 St. Clair Avenue West (Source Account: XR3026-3700597) for a mural in Frankel Lambert Park (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council forward the $1,500.00 to Fred Dowling Housing Co-op, subject to the organization signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
CC22.10adopted
30 and 44 Zorra Street - Zoning Amendment Application - Further Request for Direction
In October 28, 2015, a Zoning By-law Amendment was submitted in regards to the land municipally known as 30 and 44 Zorra Street. On May 26, 2017, City Council's failure to make a decision was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, now known as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"). On July 23, 2018, City Council adopted a recommendation from the City Solicitor to accept a settlement offer dated March 2, 2018 (the "Settlement Offer") from the applicant Zorra Developments Limited (the "Owner") and authorized the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the LPAT hearing in support of the revised proposal of a 35-storey residential building, as detailed in the Settlement Offer. City Council also accepted an on-site parkland dedication, approved a development charge credit, and authorized the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement with the Owner pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act. The LPAT issued a decision on December 6, 2018 approving the revised proposal and identifying that the final order of the LPAT would be withheld until a clearance letter had been received by the LPAT from the City Solicitor addressing a number of outstanding items, including that the City Solicitor has advised the LPAT that the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is in a form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor; the Chief Engineer had confirmed that all engineering matters have been addressed; and the Section 37 agreement has been executed. On October 29th, 2019, the City Council adopted recommendations from the City Solicitor to support minor revisions to the proposal's residential unit count and vehicular parking count. As was instructed by City Council on July 23, 2018, the Section 37 agreement is to secure, amongst other things, the future conveyance for public road purpose of approximately 733.4 square metres of land to the City for the future extension of Caven Street. In order for the future extension of Caven Street to meet the City's standards, at such time as the City requires the future Caven Street to be dedicated as a public highway, the road must either form part of a through public road connection to the west or, if the western connection is not achieved, it will alternatively be required to terminate at a properly-designed DIPS turning basin. The approved proposal is to be accessed by way of the future extension of Caven Street. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions. City Planning and Corporate Real Estate Management have been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to secure the future conveyance for public road purposes of approximately 733.4 square metres of land to the City for the future extension of Cavan Street (the "Caven Street Extension Lands") and the nominal licence on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 2 in the Section 37 agreement. 2. City Council authorize the City to enter into a nominal licence agreement (the "Licence Agreement") with the Owner on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor and such other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to execute the Licence Agreement on behalf of the City. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to complete the transaction under the Licence Agreement and administer the Licence Agreement, including paying any necessary expenses, if any, and amending and waiving terms and conditions, on such terms as the City Solicitor considers reasonable. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal respecting the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for 30, 44 Zorra Street in support of the minor revisions made to the proposed development as set out in Architectural Drawings, A100 to A501, prepared by Graziani + Corazza Architects and dated December 19, 2019. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City Staff to include the revised built form setbacks in Schedule B of the draft Zoning By-law to be submitted to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 17, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Attachment 2 and Confidential Attachment 3, to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.10adopted
St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society is a non-profit housing organization that provides affordable, mixed-income housing in the City. The project at 25 Leonard Avenue was approved for $500,000 in capital funding and $454,000 in Open Door incentives by Council in October 2017. The City has also committed rent supplements to help create deeply affordable rental homes, at rent levels below the Average Market Rents over a 50 year period. The 22 new affordable rental homes, scheduled for occupancy in the summer of this year, will provide dignified housing for some of our most vulnerable and marginalized residents who are currently experiencing homelessness. During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for access to permanent affordable homes is greater than ever to protect individual and public health. This Motion seeks Council's approval to transfer $102,250 to the Shelter, Support and Housing Administration's Operating Budget, on a one time basis, to provide funding to St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society, fully funded from Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits from the development at 1-11 Bloor Street West within Ward 11. This funding will help support completion of the affordable rental housing project at 25 Leonard Avenue which will modernize the existing 77 social housing units on the site and add 22 new affordable rental units.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide $102,250 in funding, inclusive of HST and disbursements, from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (Source Account: XR1058) to St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society to support the modernization of the existing 77 social housing units and the creation of 22 new affordable rental units at 25 Leonard Avenue in Ward 11, fully funded from the following development: a. 1-11 Bloor Street West, 768-784 Yonge Street, and 760-762 Yonge Street, secured for the procurement, design and construction of new affordable housing facilities, in the amount of $102,250.00 (Source Account: 22096). 2. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, by $102,250 gross, $0 net, in coordination with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, for affordable housing at 25 Leonard Avenue funded from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058) subject to the following conditions: a. the transfer of the designated funds from XR3026 to XR1058; and b. St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society signing an agreement which governs the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide $102,250 in funding, inclusive of HST and disbursements, from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (Source Account: XR1058) to St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society to support the modernization of the existing 77 social housing units and the creation of 22 new affordable rental units at 25 Leonard Avenue in Ward 11, fully funded from the following development: a. 1-11 Bloor Street West, 768-784 Yonge Street, and 760-762 Yonge Street, secured for the procurement, design and construction of new affordable housing facilities, in the amount of $102,250.00 (Source Account: 22096). 2. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, by $102,250 gross, $0 net, in coordination with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, for affordable housing at 25 Leonard Avenue funded from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058) subject to the following conditions: a. the transfer of the designated funds from XR3026 to XR1058; and b. St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society signing an agreement which governs the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
CC22.11adopted
At its meeting of October 8, 2013, Council approved the zoning by-law amendment application in this matter. The application proposed to construct a 45-storey mixed-use development with retail, cultural space and residential. It is comprised of a 29-storey tower atop a 16-storey base building that transitions to 14 storeys, then 4 storeys on George Street. The application proposed 767 residential units, 560 vehicular parking spaces and 786 bicycle parking spaces. Since the approval, the owner and City staff have met and have reviewed the said conditions of approval. http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.TE26.12 The purpose of this report is to seek further instructions from Council with respect to this file. Various departments assisted in the preparation of this report: Economic Development and Culture - Arts and Culture Services, Corporate Real Estate Management - Real Estate Services, and City Planning.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council authorize an amendment to the Section 37 Agreement dated October 7, 2013 and registered as AT3461149 on November 25, 2013, between 1293446 Ontario Inc. and the City of Toronto ("Agreement"), to delete section 8 (option clause) in its entirety 2. City Council direct that save and except for the deletion of section 8 in its entirety, the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 3. City Council direct that the amended Agreement be executed by the parties and registered on title under the same terms and conditions as the Agreement. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.11adopted
This Motion seeks authorization to release $1,300 in Section 37 funds to Heritage Toronto for a heritage plaque to commemorate the history of 55 Lombard Street. 55 Lombard Street was built in 1925 as the St. James Parking Garage. It was designed in the Moderne style by Ross and MacDonald, the notable Canadian architectural firm that also designed Maple Leaf Gardens, Eaton's College Street and Union Station. It had space for 500 automobiles at a time when car ownership was rapidly increasing in Toronto. The St. James garage was one of Toronto's first purpose-built parking garages and it was notable for having retail units at street level. In 1927, the first Toronto LCBO store following the end of prohibition occupied one of the units facing Church Street. The building was restored and converted to residential use in 1982. A fundraising effort, led by a resident in the building, has over the last year generated $6,200 towards the goal of the cost of a Heritage Toronto plaque. The request is for the remaining $1,300 to bring the campaign to target. The proposed location of the plaque is on Lombard Street close to the main entrance to the building. The City has secured funds under Section 37 of the Planning Act with the owner of the development at 6-18 Church Street and 51-63 Front Street East (70 The Esplanade), authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 58-2011(OMB). The Zoning By-law and Section 37 Agreement with the landowner provide that the funds shall be used for community benefits, including heritage conservation initiatives in this neighbourhood. Sufficient funds remain available in the Planning Act Reserve Account to produce and install the heritage plaque at this location. The use of these funds for this purpose complies with the By-law and agreement. As Heritage Toronto is a directly funded City agency and not an "outside party", no undertaking is required to be signed by Heritage Toronto to govern the use of the funds and financial reporting.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto on a one-time basis by $1,300.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 6-18 Church Street and 51-63 Front Street East (70 The Esplanade) (Source Account: XR3026-3700344), for the production and installation of a heritage plaque at 55 Lombard Street (Cost Centre: HG0001).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto on a one-time basis by $1,300.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 6-18 Church Street and 51-63 Front Street East (70 The Esplanade) (Source Account: XR3026-3700344), for the production and installation of a heritage plaque at 55 Lombard Street (Cost Centre HG0001).
CC22.12adopted
At its meeting on December 9 and 10, 2015, City Council adopted the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan ("OPA 294"), a Secondary Plan that provides a planning framework for the potential redevelopment of the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan Area (all parcels fronting on Dufferin Street between Bridgeland Avenue to just south of Lawrence Avenue West), including policies on land use, built form, the public realm, mobility, infrastructure and community services and facilities. Council directed staff to use OPA 294 in the evaluation of all current and new development proposals falling within its boundaries. Council also adopted the Dufferin Street Urban Design Guidelines and endorsed the Dufferin Street Transportation Master Plan and Infrastructure and Stormwater Master Plan, as technical resources for City staff, to support the implementation of the Secondary Plan. Council directed staff to use the Dufferin Street Urban Design Guidelines, including the Dufferin Street Transportation Master Plan and the Infrastructure and Stormwater Master Plan in the evaluation of all new and current development proposals and public initiatives. On January 11, 2016, the Building Industry and Land Development Association ("BILD") appealed, on a plan-wide basis, the policies of OPA 294 related to the relationship between uses in Employment Areas and proximate sensitive land uses, to the Ontario Municipal Board (the "OMB"), now known as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"). BILD's Notice of Appeal alleged that OPA 294 was premature with respect to these matters, in advance of the OPA 231 policies respecting these same matters being finalized. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions with respect to BILD's appeal. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Attachment 2 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated March 4, 2020 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to modify and partially approve the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan, substantially in accordance with Appendix A to Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that BILD's appeal of Official Plan Amendment 294 be allowed in part, on the basis of the requested modifications to and partial approval of Official Plan Amendment 294. 4. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Attachment 2 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor .
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, and authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 2, and Confidential Appendix A to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.12adopted
This Motion seeks to release $3,200 of Section 37 funds to Heritage Toronto for a heritage plaque commemorating William (Billy) John McKay Jr. born in York, September 15, 1862 - April 15, 1943. William (Billy) McKay (1862-1943) was a farmer born in York Township. Between the World Wars, he helped establish the community of East York when he donated and sold significant portions of his land in the vicinity of Coxwell Avenue and Mortimer Avenue. The East York Municipal Building, R. H. MacGregor School and East York General Hospital were built on his former land. In the 1930's, however, tensions arose between Mr. McKay and East York, which saw his farm as an obstacle to the town's growth. Mr. McKay was determined to keep his property and rejected purchase offers. In old age, he became unable to maintain his farm and he died in Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in 1943. The Township of East York assumed ownership of his property in 1939 and the land was subdivided into residential lots. McKayfield Road at Cosburn Avenue is named after him for his generous contributions to East York. Mr. McKay is most deserving of an historical plaque that celebrates his generous contributions to East York. Funds have been secured and received from the development at 201 Carlaw Avenue and 66 Boston Avenue for a range of community benefits. The enacting By-law for the development provides that the monies may be redirected at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the local Councillor, toward local park improvements, streetscape improvements, community facility improvements, public art, community gardens, pedestrian and cycling facilities, and heritage related improvements within Ward 30. The intended use of the funds comply with the purposes identified in the By-law. Since the plaque is intended to be installed in the East York Civic Centre, which is a hub for the community, the geographic proximity of the contributing developments is expandable. As Heritage Toronto is a directly funded City agency and not considered an "outside party", no undertaking is required to be signed by Heritage Toronto governing the use of the funds and financial reporting.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto by $3,200.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 201 Carlaw Avenue and 66 Boston Avenue (Source Account: XR3026- 3700038) to fund for a heritage plaque commemorating William (Billy) John McKay Jr. (Cost Centre: HG0001).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto by $3,200.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 201 Carlaw Avenue and 66 Boston Avenue (Source Account: XR3026- 3700038) to fund for a heritage plaque commemorating William (Billy) John McKay Jr. (Cost Centre: HG0001).
CC22.13referred
Further direction from City Council is required on this matter, which has been appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). At its meeting on December 9, 2015, a Final Report on the results of the Tippett Road Area Regeneration Study (dated October 23, 2015) and Supplementary Report (dated December 7, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, were considered by City Council. Council adopted Item PG8.6 with amendments, and adopted Official Plan Amendment No. 309 to the City's Official Plan (OPA 309). OPA 309 was appealed to the former Ontario Municipal Board (now transitioned to the LPAT), by a number of appellants. The only remaining appeal to OPA 309 relates to the lands known municipally as 18 and 20 Champlain Boulevard. A ten (10) day hearing is scheduled at the LPAT, commencing on September 8, 2020. This report seeks instruction on a without prejudice settlement offer that has been submitted to the City. The City Solicitor seeks direction on this matter no later than the completion of the City Council meeting on June 29 and 30, 2020.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 referred Item CC22.13 to the City Solicitor and directed the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to continue discussions with the applicants toward a settlement and to report back on any settlement options directly to the July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the City Solicitor's confidential recommendations are adopted by Council, then City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 (with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, and Confidential Appendix 1 remaining confidential).
MM22.13adopted
This Motion seeks authorization to release $7,500 in Section 45 funds to Heritage Toronto for a heritage plaque to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Phillips Garment Factory fire to be installed at or near 447 Richmond Street West. On January 20, 1950, a flash fire swept through the basement premises of the Phillips Garment Factory at 447 Richmond Street West. Due to inadequate safety provisions, many of the windows and exits were sealed or barred, preventing workers from escaping. Nine of the eleven workers in the factory died of burns or smoke inhalation. The disaster led to greater scrutiny of working conditions and fire hazards in Toronto's garment factories. The City has secured funds under Section 45 of the Planning Act with the owner of the development at 650 King Street West and 95 Bathurst Street. The decision of the Committee of Adjustment (File A0356/08TEY) provides that the funds shall be used for heritage study on the King Street West Neighbourhood, for which a Heritage Conservation District Plan was recently completed and approved by City Council. Sufficient funds remain available in the Planning Act Reserve Account to produce and install the heritage plaque at this location. The use of these funds for this purpose complies with the By-law and agreement. As Heritage Toronto is a directly funded City agency and not an "outside party", no undertaking is required to be signed by Heritage Toronto to govern the use of the funds and financial reporting.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto on a one-time basis by $7,500 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 45 community benefits obtained from the development at 650 King Street West and 95 Bathurst Street (Source Account: XR3028-4500051), for the production and installation of a heritage plaque to commemorate the Phillips Garment Factory fire to be installed at or near 447 Richmond Street West.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the approved 2020 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto on a one-time basis by $7,500 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 45 community benefits obtained from the development at 650 King Street West and 95 Bathurst Street (Source Account: XR3028-4500051), for the production and installation of a heritage plaque to commemorate the Phillips Garment Factory fire to be installed at or near 447 Richmond Street West.
CC22.14adopted
Declaring a Vacancy in the Office of Councillor, Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt
The purpose of this report is to advise Council of the vacancy in the office of Councillor Karygiannis for Ward 22, resulting from the Court of Appeal decision of June 24, 2020. On November 6, 2019 the City Clerk served a notice of default on Jim Karygiannis pursuant to s. 88.23(3) of the Municipal Elections Act (the "Act"). This notice advised him that he had filed a financial statement that showed on its face that he had incurred expenses exceeding what was permitted. By operation of law, he had forfeited the office of Councillor for Ward 22. Mr. Karygiannis applied to the Superior Court of Justice seeking relief from forfeiture. The Superior Court granted him this relief on November 25, 2019, and he resumed the office of Councillor for Ward 22 at the time. The Superior Court of Justice decision was appealed by a member of the public and the Court of Appeal has set it aside, issuing a declaration that Mr. Karygiannis is subject to the penalties imposed by section 88.23(2) of the Act, which include the forfeiture of his seat as City Councillor for Ward 22. The Court of Appeal's decision was issued on, and is of force and effect as of, June 24, 2020. The report recommends that City Council declare Ward 22 vacant as required by the City of Toronto Act, 2006. The report further recommends that City Council defer making a decision as to whether to fill the vacancy by appointment or by passing a by-law requiring a by-election until the September 30, 2020 Council meeting, pursuant to authority established by Ontario Regulation 73/20, an Order made under section 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civic Protection Act. The City Clerk will report further to the September 30, 2020 Council meeting with options to fill the vacancy including costs, timelines and pandemic considerations associated with those options.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council declare a vacancy in the office of Councillor, Ward 22 - Scarborough Agincourt. 2. City Council defer making a decision as to whether to fill the vacancy by appointment or by passing a By-law requiring a by-election until the September 30, 2020 Council meeting, pursuant to authority established by Ontario Regulation 73/20, an Order made under section 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civic Protection Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Clerk recommends that: 1. City Council declare a vacancy in the office of Councillor, Ward 22 - Scarborough Agincourt. 2. City Council defer making a decision as to whether to fill the vacancy by appointment or by passing a by-law requiring a by-election until the September 30, 2020 Council meeting, pursuant to authority established by Ontario Regulation 73/20, an Order made under section 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civic Protection Act.
MM22.14amended
Ontario Line Update - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy
At its meeting of October 29 and 30, 2019, City Council adopted a number of recommendations regarding safety concerns and community impacts of the Ontario Line. Subsequently, at its January 29, 2020 meeting, Council took further steps to strengthen the Ontario Line's community consultation process including calling for a full, formal Transit Project Assessment Process and for that process to consider alternatives for the technology, station locations and alignment, including putting underground those sections proposed to be above ground in the Ontario Line Initial Business Case. Metrolinx has continued to work on the planning for the Ontario Line throughout our current public health crisis. Key Requests For Proposals are currently being developed. Metrolinx confirmed at an online Community Advisory Committee meeting on May 13, 2020 that they are not considering putting underground those sections proposed to be above ground in the Ontario Line Initial Business Case, as requested by City Council. A project of this magnitude will have a wide range of serious and potentially costly impacts on Toronto's residents and infrastructure. Given the public health and accompanying economic crisis enveloping Toronto and the entire world, an update on City Council's previous recommendations is needed immediately.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager to report to the September 23, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee with an update on the Ontario Line, including all previous City Council recommendations regarding the section of the proposed Ontario Line running above ground in a rail corridor. 2. City Council direct that prior to the September 23, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office provide regular updates on the status of the proposed Ontario Line and the conditions requested by City Council to local Councillors in the wards in which the Ontario Line is to be built.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager to report to the July 21, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee with an update on the Ontario Line, including all previous City Council recommendations regarding the section of the proposed Ontario Line running above ground in a rail corridor.
MM22.15adopted
Predatory Lending - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy
Out of a concern for the very detrimental impact on the daily lives of a great number of residents, City Council has taken a number of steps to both regulate payday loan vendors (including installment lenders, title lenders, cash-for-gold, cheque-cashing operations) and attempt to ensure Torontonians have access to fair and feasible lines of credit. Typically this form of credit is used by the working poor because they do not have access to traditional banking services and have very limited financial options. A 2016 ACORN study of payday loan users found that 30 percent spend payday loans on food, 17 percent on housing, 16 percent on bills, 5 percent on "bank issues," and 5 percent on medical-related expenses. At its October 2, 2019 meeting, City Council voted to request the Province of Ontario to limit the annual interest rates for all payday loans to 30 percent annually and make several related requests of the Federal Government. The measures requested by City Council will not eliminate this industry but make it fairer. Currently, the effective interest rate on payday loans in Ontario is as high as 390 percent. Quebec capped payday loan rates at 35 percent. Toronto has roughly the same number of payday loan shops as it does Tim Hortons locations. As well, an ever increasing amount of the payday loan business is being done online making them even more profitable. The current economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated this problem. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives produced a report in March 2020 that notes, "46 percent of working tenant households have less than one month of employment incomes savings." Many Torontonians are at risk of getting trapped in a debit spiral and the dire of consequence of that including homelessness. All three levels of government must take urgent action to address this situation as part of their response to COVID-19 and chartering our economic recovery from this crisis.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report to the September 14, 2020 meeting of the General Government and Licensing Committee on any and all steps taken to respond to City Council's October 2019 decision on Item GL7.15, Update on the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing of Payday Loan Establishments, with respect to the following: a. options to restrict advertising from payday loan establishments in the City of Toronto; b. the feasibility of creating a minimum separation distance between payday loan establishments and between payday loan establishments and schools; and c. the feasibility of establishing a process for the local Councillor to object to the relocation of a payday loan establishment within the same Ward. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services, and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report back on their discussions with the financial services industry, including credit unions and the not-for-profit sector, on improving access to relevant financial products and services such as access to cash for Toronto residents, as directed by City Council in Item GL7.15, Update on the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing of Payday Loan Establishments to the July 21, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee. 3. City Council request the City Manager and the Chief Recovery and Rebuild Officer to include all requests made of the Provincial and Federal governments by City Council as a part of Item GL7.15, Update on the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing of Payday Loan Establishments in their discussions with those governments and to highlight this issue at all of the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild's Outreach, Engagement and Research Table including but not limited to the Business Sector Financial Table; and to report back on all of City Council's requests on this issue to the September 23, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report to the September 14, 2020 meeting of the General Government and Licensing Committee on any and all steps taken to respond to City Council's October 2019 decision on Item GL7.15, Update on the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing of Payday Loan Establishments, with respect to the following: a. options to restrict advertising from payday loan establishments in the City of Toronto; b. the feasibility of creating a minimum separation distance between payday loan establishments and between payday loan establishments and schools; and c. the feasibility of establishing a process for the local Councillor to object to the relocation of a payday loan establishment within the same Ward. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services, and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report back on their discussions with the financial services industry, including credit unions and the not-for-profit sector, on improving access to relevant financial products and services such as access to cash for Toronto residents, as directed by City Council in Item GL7.15, Update on the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing of Payday Loan Establishments to the July 21, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee. 3. City Council request the City Manager and the Chief Recovery and Rebuild Officer to include all requests made of the Provincial and Federal governments by City Council as a part of Item GL7.15, Update on the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing of Payday Loan Establishments in their discussions with those governments and to highlight this issue at all of the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild's Outreach, Engagement and Research Table including but not limited to the Business Sector Financial Table; and to report back on all of City Council's requests on this issue to the September 23, 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee.
MM22.16adopted
In December 2017, Toronto City Council adopted regulations regarding short-term rentals that were designed to balance the need to protect existing housing stock and the quality of life in residential communities with the desire of Torontonians to partake in the short-term rental market. The City's Zoning By-Law amendment was appealed to the Local Planning and Appeal Tribunal. In November 2019, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal issued a ruling that dismissed the appeals and upheld City Council's adopted Zoning By-Law amendments for short-term rentals. Fairbnb Canada reported in February of 2020 that there were more than 23,000 short-term rental listings advertised on Airbnb's website pre-COVID-19. They advise that of these, 9,700 were non-compliant with the City's short-term rental by-laws and 7,300 of them being entire homes. Even if only half of these non-compliant entire homes would be returned to Toronto's housing stock, the report concluded, it would increase Toronto's vacancy rate from 1.3 percent to 2 percent, making accessing housing an easier task for households in the City. COVID-19 has made Toronto's housing and shelter needs more acute than ever. What was recognized as a housing crisis prior to the pandemic has been exacerbated into an increasingly dire situation for many of Toronto's tenants and the city's homeless population. It is to be expected that Toronto's housing crisis will become even worse once we enter the COVID-19 recovery phase and the Landlord and Tenant Board will resume the processing of eviction notices. For Toronto to use all its available tools to protect its residents from the ill-effects of the unregulated short-term rental market, it is important that the City's short-term rental by-laws and its registration and licensing system be implemented as soon as possible to ensure that as many housing units as possible will be available for long-term tenants.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report to the September 17, 2020 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee with a status update on the City's regulation of short-term rentals and enforcement.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report to the September 17, 2020 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee with a status update on the City's regulation of short-term rentals and enforcement.
MM22.17adopted
Homelessness remains a crisis in Toronto and a tent is not a safe and adequate form of housing. Prior to the pandemic, there were more than 7,000 people staying in our shelter system (shelters, 24-hour respite sites, hotels/motels). When COVID-19 arrived in Toronto with the intensity that we had observed in other jurisdictions beforehand, many residents unable to maintain physical distance in the City's crowded shelter and respite system, took their few belongings and walked out of the buildings to avoid the transmission of the coronavirus. Others have no place to go due to Provincial services like crisis beds and detox facilities that are no longer available or were discharged from correctional facilities without an adequate housing plan. They were given tents by activists and faith organizations, then settled into parks and other public spaces. At the start of the global pandemic, encampment clearing was paused due to the City's requirement to create physical distancing within the existing shelter and respite system. During these past few months of the COVID-19 public health crisis, the number and size of encampments grew across the entire City. The crisis of people living in unsuitable conditions continues to grow as homelessness overwhelms the region and existing municipal resources. When the crisis started in mid-March, City of Toronto staff worked non-stop to prioritize creating distance in the shelter system and managed to open and operationalize 33 temporary facilities in hotels, community centres, and other expanded facilities. This is on top of the 70 shelters and respite sites that the City and its partners operate. The result of their hard work has moved 3,000 people from existing crowded spaces into the new sites as well as permanent housing. With proper physical distancing achieved in the shelter system, the City of Toronto was able to turn their attention more fully to finding accommodations so everyone sleeping outdoors is offered a safer place inside. As of June 16, 2020, the City has moved an additional 265 individuals from encampments to indoor spaces, mostly hotel rooms and transitional housing. Subsequent to the individuals being moved, the encampments are cleared of waste and debris. Moving someone from a shelter or respite into a new space requires time, client choice, resources and has to be done with dignity. This starts with an individual assessment of each person to determine who is able to move, what supports they need, and what the appropriate place is for them to move to. Staff have described the complexity of securing space, outlining that for each new site activated, it requires: - Fire life safety inspections and site modifications to ensure adequate laundry and washroom facilities; - Contracts put in place for cleaning, catering, linens, laundry and security; and - Coordination of transportation to move people and their belongings. More than 300 additional City staff have been redeployed from other divisions and trained to work safely and effectively in shelters. Despite this herculean effort, our shelter systems saw over 600 positive cases of COVID-19 and four deaths, and the number and size of encampments grew across the entire City. The crisis of people living in unsuitable conditions continues to grow as homelessness overwhelms the region and existing municipal resources. While the exact number of people living in encampments in Toronto is unknown, some estimates have put the number at over 2,000. Even if the City of Toronto was able to re-house people in encampments at 100 people a week, it will still be months before people are moved into suitable living environments. In the meantime, people are living in abhorrent conditions, without access to running water, sanitation facilities. They are experiencing a spike in overdose deaths, violence, and fires. The encampments continue to reflect an increase in concerns about the safety and well-being of both the people living outdoors and the local community. We should all share these concerns, and urge the City, the Provincial and the Federal Governments to come together to take collective action to rapidly house the homeless. Issues contributing to homelessness, mental health and addictions are all within the legislative jurisdiction of the Provincial and Federal Governments. Without the active participation from the other orders of government, Toronto will be unable to meet the demand for affordable and supportive housing, an overdose epidemic, mental health and public safety issues. Without financial and other tangible support from the Provincial and Federal Governments, the crisis in Toronto is going to get much worse. The City of Toronto is heading into an even larger disaster with a multi-billion deficit looming overhead at the end of this year, of which $200 million is for unexpected COVID-19 spending to address the homelessness crisis. Further to this, the community centres and schools that were used for temporary space in our shelter system will be taken back for regular programming soon, the hotel rentals will expire shortly along with the contracts of interim housing - all without a substantive plan or funding to address the where people living in those sites will go afterwards. In 2019, the Federal Government brought into law that Canada recognizes housing as a fundamental human right. In the midst of this global pandemic, it is time that they honour that declaration, and support the cities who are on the front line of this humanitarian crisis.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council call upon the Provincial and Federal Governments to immediately establish an intergovernmental table to create emergency responses to the housing and homelessness crisis in Toronto exacerbated by the global health pandemic. 2. City Council call upon the Provincial and Federal Governments to immediately take action to provide the funding and policy/program tools required to augment services for homeless individuals and seek the support of community partners, including the Canadian Red Cross, in managing the harm inflicted by the housing and homelessness crisis, including supply of adequate water and sanitation supports at encampment sites until adequate new indoor accommodations are secured.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded byCouncillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council call upon the Provincial and Federal Governments to immediately establish an intergovernmental table to create emergency responses to the housing and homelessness crisis in Toronto exacerbated by the global health pandemic. 2. City Council call upon the Provincial and Federal Governments to immediately take action to provide the funding and policy/program tools required to augment services for homeless individuals and seek the support of community partners, including the Canadian Red Cross, in managing the harm inflicted by the housing and homelessness crisis, including supply of adequate water and sanitation supports at encampment sites until adequate new indoor accommodations are secured.
MM22.18amended
Our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic depends on access to affordable child care. Parents can only return to their jobs if they are able to find a child care spot for their children. This is especially true for women, who are more likely to be excluded from the workforce if they cannot access child care. The Ontario Government has introduced rules for the safe re-opening of child care facilities, and provided a plan to temporarily stabilize operators' finances. As a result, child care centres are estimated to begin re-opening at about 30 to 40 percent capacity. This means that there will be 60 to 70 percent less available spaces than before the pandemic, when access to child care in Toronto was already nearing crisis levels. The Province hasn't provided a plan for how they will find 60 to 70 percent more child care spaces, and ensure funding for these operators, just to get child care levels back to where they were last year. Moreover, many families have long struggled with accessing affordable child care in our City, facing multi-year waitlists and other barriers. Even a return to the status quo will continue to exclude many. Child care is a sound investment: for every $1 that the Quebec government spends on child care, it gets back $5 in economic stimulus. At the same time, it is essential for addressing gender inequity and tackling the pay gap, which in Canada means that today, women still earn 87 cents for each dollar earned by a man. Providing affordable child care creates jobs, reduces inequality, and ensures that working parents are empowered to make decisions about what's best for their family. That's why all levels of government must work together to create a national framework for child care that is truly affordable and accessible to all. We cannot move forward into full recovery without a National Child Care Strategy.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario to develop and release publicly a comprehensive plan to ensure child care access for the 60 to 70 percent of families who will be unable to find a space due to reduced capacity of centres. 2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to continue to provide stable and ongoing provincial funding for child care centres for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will ensure that they can continue to operate at reduced capacity in line with the provincial guidelines. 3. City Council request the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada to develop a National Child Care Strategy to make child care more accessible for all families, which is essential to economic recovery.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario to develop and release publicly a comprehensive plan to ensure child care access for the 60 to 70 percent of families who will be unable to find a space due to reduced capacity of centres. 2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to continue to provide stable and ongoing provincial funding for child care centres for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will ensure that they can continue to operate at reduced capacity in line with the provincial guidelines. 3. City Council request the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada to develop a National Child Care Strategy to make child care more accessible and affordable for low- and moderate-income families, which is essential to economic recovery.
MM22.19amended
Under the leadership of the Mayor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, the City of Toronto urged Landlords and Owners of multi-tenanted buildings to adopt new health and safety measures and a rigorous cleaning routine to reduce the risk of residents from COVID-19. Unfortunately, several months later, those that were applauding the City's initiative to protect tenants from COVID-19 are now reporting that very little has been done to implement these critical guidelines. In a recent poll, the Federation of Metro Toronto Tenants' Associations found that 55 percent of Landlords had provided any new cleaning practices to address COVID-19. Moreover, in response to COVID-19 concerns in their community, residents of Crescent Town engaged in a building clean-up and posted signage throughout the complex last week encouraging residents to practice social distancing and hygiene. The Landlord took down the signs within a few days. It has become clear that Landlords are not voluntarily complying with the guidelines established by the City to protect tenants. This is particularly concerning in light of recent data released by Toronto Public Health showing that the majority of new "sporadic" or community cases are occurring in low-income neighbourhoods with a significant percentage of racialized people that must work outside of the home in congregate settings. These areas tend to be dominated by high rise apartments. Social distancing is difficult in vertical communities. That's why it's critical that rigorous hygiene and cleaning regimens are in place. That's why this Motion seeks to make the guidelines for health and safety in apartment buildings mandatory to protect tenants.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings, to require an owner or operator of an apartment building to do the following, until October, 2020: a. provide Hand Hygiene Stations or Alcohol-based hand sanitizer in all essential common area rooms that remain open such as laundry areas; b. close non-essential common areas such as gyms and playrooms, and other high traffic areas, to be consistent with provincial restrictions and that these common areas remain closed until provincial restrictions are lifted to permit gyms and indoor playrooms to be re-opened; c. as part of the cleaning plan required under Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings include a schedule for cleaning of frequently touched surfaces in common areas, including doorknobs, elevator buttons, light switches, toilet handles, counters, hand rails, touch screen surfaces and keypads, with common household cleaners and disinfectants twice daily, and when visibly dirty, and comply with the schedule starting July 15, 2020; and d. post Toronto Public Health signage, as recommended by the Medical Officer of Health.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council temporarily amend the RentSafe By-law to require landlords to: a. provide Alcohol-based hand sanitizer in all essential common areas that remain open such as laundry areas; b. close non-essential common areas such as gyms and playrooms, and other high traffic areas to be consistent with provincial restrictions and that these common areas remain closed until provincial restrictions are lifted to permit gyms and indoor playrooms to be re-opened; c. routinely clean frequently touched surfaces in common areas, including doorknobs, elevator buttons, light switches, toilet handles, counters, hand rails, touch screen surfaces and keypads, with common household cleaners and disinfectants; d. ensure that the building is properly organized to accept deliveries of essential goods like medications and food for residents to avoid non-essential trips outside and facilitate quarantines; e. post Toronto Public Health signage: "what is physical distancing"; "physical distancing on elevators"; and "shared laundry areas" in relevant common areas.; and f. when showing units or suites for sale/lease, keep a safe distance of 2 metres (6 1⁄2 feet) from the resident, wash hands with soap and water, and/or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, before and after the visit.
MM22.20adopted
The Provincial Government needs to provide support for tenants who are unable to pay their rent due to lost income because of the COVID-19 crisis. Renters and Landlords in Ontario are in need of assistance to ensure that they are not in financial ruin when the crisis is over. It is unacceptable that renters have been completely left out of provincial support plans in Ontario. Even with Federal Government income assistance, far too many tenants are being forced to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. The average rent for a new 1-bedroom is now $2,250, more than the $2,000 monthly Canada Emergency Response Benefit payment from the federal government. While eviction orders are frozen during the course of the pandemic, far too many renters have had their housing threatened during this pandemic as Landlords are still allowed to proceed with eviction notices (N4s). The Province's formal advice for tenants to "speak to your landlord about whether rent can be postponed or if other payment arrangements can be agreed to" has not proven effective. To make matters worse, the Province has moved forward with Bill 184 which, if passed, will make it easier for Landlords to evict tenants once the Landlord and Tenant Board resumes operation. To support tenants and provide surety to Landlords, this Motion requests the Premier to provide a clear strategy that includes: • Rent forgiveness for vulnerable tenants: Offset payments for Landlords to forgive rent for tenants who now qualify for federal income supports. Deferrals could lead to mass evictions and financial ruin when the COVID-19 crisis is over. • Ban COVID-19 Evictions and Eviction notices: No one should lose their housing due to job loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, while eviction orders have been suspended, landlords are still allowed to file eviction notices and are "entitled to collect compensation from a tenant for each day an eviction order is not enforced," according to the Province. If allowed to continue, this measure will leave a threat of eviction over the heads of tenants; exacerbating a public health and financial crisis. • No Rent Increases: Many Landlords are still issuing Guideline and even Above the Guideline Rent Increases (AGIs). There should be a pause on these increases during the course of the pandemic. Many renters have done their part by staying home - the Province must now do their part to support tenants.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario to provide offset payments to Landlords to forgive rent for tenants that have qualified for federal income supports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario to provide offset payments to Landlords to forgive rent for tenants that have qualified for federal income supports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MM22.21adopted
Construction is a critical industry in Toronto. It creates jobs, with many corollary benefits that are part of a strong economy. Without exaggeration, now more than ever it is critical to make sure our construction industry can thrive as we begin the post-COVID-19 recovery period. For the duration of the COVID-19 shutdown no new Committee of Adjustment applications were accepted or approved. Committee of Adjustment meetings resumed on June 3, 2020, but at a reduced capacity. There are currently 1,250 active Committee of Adjustment applications, which can only be expected to increase now that property owners and developers can submit applications again. Typically, each Committee of Adjustment panel reviews an average of 40 applications per hearing, meeting twice per month. Currently this capacity is reduced to 20 applications, with plans to bring it up to 30, as the system for virtual hearings is refined. With current capacity, and facing a deluge of applications that couldn't be submitted from March through to the start of June, we are facing a growing backlog. According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), Toronto will lose 10,000 jobs per year due to reduced construction activity and intensity in the multi-family sector. BILD reports that financial implications in construction from the impact of COVID-19 include a loss or delay beyond 2021 of approximately $850 million in government revenues, including $52.5 million in lost municipal Land Transfer Tax revenues. There are three major causes of the building slowdown: COVID-19 related disruptions to the supply chain, worksite slowdowns relating to COVID-19 safety protocols, and the suspension of planning and building applications by municipalities. The City can support the resumption of the construction industry, and all of the economic benefits it brings to Toronto by finding ways to increase our capacity for processing and approving applications. The review of Planning Applications at the City is done on a full cost recovery basis. Therefore, with no increase in expenses we can scale up all operations that support the application process, from preliminary consultations to the Committee of Adjustment approval. This is a high-impact, practical measure to support Toronto's economy as we enter the Recovery and Rebuild period.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consult with staff and Committee of Adjustment chairs immediately on a plan to clear the application backlog by the end of 2020; the plan, including financial impacts, should also identify steps in the application review process where backlogs occur, and identify measures to resolve them. 2. To support the clearing of the application backlog by the end of 2020, City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to City Council, through the Planning and Housing Committee in September 2020, on increasing the capacity of the Committee of Adjustment by: a. increasing the staff complement for processing and/or reviewing applications; and b. appointing additional Committee of Adjustment members in order to create either additional panels or expand existing panels, enabling them to meet more frequently. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to identify and expedite the implementation of action items from the "End-to-End Review of the Development Review Process" that will have immediate and near-term impact in improving capacity for processing Committee of Adjustment applications. 4. City Council direct that Committee of Adjustment Chairs be invited to speak to the Planning and Housing Committee when the Chief Planner and Executive Director's report is before the Committee.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, seconded by Councillor Michael Thompson, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consult with staff and Committee of Adjustment chairs immediately on a plan to clear the application backlog by the end of the end of 2020; the plan, including financial impacts, should also identify steps in the application review process where backlogs occur, and identify measures to resolve them. 2. To support the clearing of the application backlog by the end of 2020, City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to City Council, through the Planning and Housing Committee in September 2020, on increasing the capacity of the Committee of Adjustment by: a. increasing the staff complement for processing and/or reviewing applications; and b. appointing additional Committee of Adjustment members in order to create either additional panels or expand existing panels, enabling them to meet more frequently. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to identify and expedite the implementation of action items from the "End-to-End Review of the Development Review Process" that will have immediate and near-term impact in improving capacity for processing Committee of Adjustment applications. 4. City Council direct that Committee of Adjustment Chairs be invited to speak to the Planning and Housing Committee when the Chief Planner and Executive Director's report is before the Committee.
MM22.22adopted
This Motion requests that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning report on what new Planning strategies and frameworks that should be incorporated into our Planning processes so the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic are considered in all future Planning for the City of Toronto. The COVID-19 Pandemic has had a significant impact on the City of Toronto and its residents from employment, transportation, housing, public health, and life style. With the new realities in place including an 85 percent drop in Toronto Transit Commission ridership, as a result of people working from home and fear of contacting the virus on crowded buses, subway cars and platforms, plus the new physical distancing rules now required by Toronto Public Health, it is crucial that the City's Planning process addresses these.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back to the Planning and Housing Committee in the first quarter of 2021 on what new planning strategies and frameworks should be incorporated into the City's planning processes so the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are considered in all future planning for the City of Toronto.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back to the Planning and Housing Committee in the first quarter of 2021 on what new planning strategies and frameworks should be incorporated into the City's planning processes so the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are considered in all future planning for the City of Toronto.
MM22.23adopted
I am asking that the York Beltline Trail be connected from Marlee Avenue to Allen Road creating a continuous York Beltline Trail connection from West to East of the Allen. The York Beltline is one of the significant cycling and walking trails in the City of Toronto. At 9 kilometres in length, it currently extends from west of Allen Road all the way to Mount Pleasant Road. In consideration of the local community and other residents having expressed great interest in having the York Beltline expanded from West of Allen Road to Marlee Avenue, creating a continuous connection for pedestrians and cyclists alike. I therefore ask that City Staff report back on feasibility of a pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Allen Road.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider the feasibility and potential timing of a pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Allen Road to connect the York Beltline Park and Kay Gardner Beltline Park between Elm Ridge Drive and Aldburn Road so as to form a continuous 9 kilometres long park and to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the fourth quarter of 2021, as part of a planned report on the implementation progress and next near-term implementation plan of the Cycling Network Plan.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider the feasibility and potential timing of a pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Allen Road to connect the York Beltline Park and Kay Gardner Beltline Park between Elm Ridge Drive and Aldburn Road so as to form a continuous 9 kilometres long park and to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the fourth quarter of 2021, as part of a planned report on the implementation progress and next near-term implementation plan of the Cycling Network Plan.
MM22.24adopted
This Motion will give the City Solicitor authority with appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to support and defend the Committee of Adjustment's decision approving a minor variance sought in an application by Shelter, Support and Housing Administration respecting 233 Carlton Street (Application A1274/19TEY). Shelter, Support and Housing Administration sought a variance to Zoning By-law 569-2013 in order to permit the increase of the permitted floor space index of an existing three-storey building being converted to be used as a 24-hour drop-in centre providing supportive and social services. Community Planning had no concerns with the proposed variance. On February 26, 2020, the Toronto and East York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment granted the variance. On March 13, 2020, the Appellant appealed the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. The Appeal, which will be considered by the Toronto Local Appeal Body, seeks to have the requested variance overturned. At this time, the Toronto Local Appeal Body has not scheduled a hearing for this matter and, given the emergency related to COVID-19, the Toronto Local Appeal Body has suspended the scheduling of matters until after May 29, 2020.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to support the application by Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and defend the decision of the Committee of Adjustment decision to approve the minor variance requested in Application A1274/19TEY regarding 233 Carlton Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution regarding the appeal and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and with the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to support the application by Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and defend the decision of the Committee of Adjustment decision to approve the minor variance requested in Application A1274/19TEY regarding 233 Carlton Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution regarding the appeal and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and with the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.
MM22.25adopted
At its meeting of July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 2018, City Council adopted Item EY32.9, which approved the amendment of former City of York Zoning By-law 1-83 for the lands at 10 Wilby Crescent to permit the development of a 22-storey apartment building by a non-profit corporation as owner. Item 2018.EY32.9 also required that the owner enter into a Section 37 Agreement securing certain community benefits and that certain pre-conditions be fulfilled before the Bills enacting the Zoning By-law Amendment can be brought to City Council for enactment. Part 3.b.ii of Item 2018,EY32.9 requires the owner to construct a cul-de-sac at Wilby Crescent, secured as a legal convenience in the Section 37 Agreement for the development. The cul-de-sac is to operate as a public road. However, a piece of the cul-de-sac land is situated to the west of the existing road allowance on part of the applicant's lands. The purpose of the Motion is to authorize the City to accept the conveyance by the applicant of certain lands comprising part of the cul-de-sac that are outside the existing road allowance. City Council's direction in Item 2018.EY32.9 only directed that the cul-de-sac is to be constructed by the applicant but it did not provide explicit authority to accept conveyance of lands from the applicant that are necessary to complete the cul-de-sac. We require direction that the applicant may convey the lands to the City. The Motion is urgent due to the need to avoid undue delay for the applicant.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its decision on Item EY32.9, adopted on July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 2018, by adding the following Part 3.b.ii.1: 1. conveyance of lands to the City for the cul-de-sac that are not within the existing road allowance. 2. City Council determine that pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes to the Zoning By-law Amendment for 10 Wilby Crescent.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Mark Grimes, recommends that: 1. City Council amend its decision on Item EY32.9, adopted on July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 2018, by adding the following Part 3.b.ii.1: 1. conveyance of lands to the City for the cul-de-sac that are not within the existing road allowance; 2. City Council determine that pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes to the Zoning By-law Amendment for 10 Wilby Crescent.
MM22.26adopted
The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal rendered a decision on April 23, 2019, approving in principle the application to amend Zoning By-law 438-86 and Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit the development of a 19-storey mixed-use building on the development site located at 149, 151, 153, 155 and 157 Bathurst Street, currently occupied by three rental dwelling units, following City Council's adoption of the applicant's settlement offer on July 23, 2018 (Item 2018.E34.29). The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal withheld its final order of approval until confirmation that certain conditions requested by Council are met. One of the conditions of final approval requested by Council is that the owner submit a detailed construction management plan to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and thereafter implement the plan during the course of construction. Since the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal's decision, the Development Site has been acquired by Allied Properties REIT, an adjacent property owner. The new owner is seeking to finalize the approval. At this time, however, the new owner does not intend to proceed with the construction of the approved 19-storey mixed-use building. Rather, it wishes to consolidate the Development Site with its adjacent holdings and submit a new application for the larger site. In light of the above, this Motion proposes to expedite the issuance of the final order of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal by requiring the new owner, as a condition of the issuance of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal's final order, to submit an interim construction management plan addressing only the demolition of the existing residential buildings on the Development Site. This Motion also proposes that, in the event the construction of the 19-storey mixed-use building proceeds as approved, a detailed construction management plan be secured at a later stage, through the Site Plan Approval process.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend Item TE34.29 by: a. deleting Part 3.c. Part to be deleted: 3.c. the owner has submitted a construction management plan to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and thereafter shall implement the plan during the course of construction; the Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, the size and location of construction staging areas, location and function of gates, information on concrete pouring, lighting details to ensure that safety lighting does not negatively impact adjacent residences, construction vehicle parking and queuing locations, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, a communication strategy with the surrounding community, vibration monitoring for the integrity of neighbouring buildings, and any other matters requested by the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. and adopting instead the following: 3.c. the owner has submitted an Interim Construction Management Plan addressing the proposed demolition of the existing residential buildings at 149 - 157 Bathurst Street to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The Interim Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, the location of site fencing, vehicle access, signage and flag person staging; and b. adopting the following new Part 10: 10. City Council direct the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to ensure that the applicant has submitted a Construction Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, through the Site Plan Approval process, and thereafter has implemented the plan during the course of construction; the Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, the size and location of construction staging areas, location and function of gates, information on concrete pouring, lighting details to ensure that safety lighting does not negatively impact adjacent residences, construction vehicle parking and queuing locations, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, a communication strategy with the surrounding community, vibration monitoring for the integrity of neighbouring buildings, and any other matters requested by the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council amend Item TE34.29 by: a. deleting Part 3.c. Part to be deleted: 3.c. the owner has submitted a construction management plan to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and thereafter shall implement the plan during the course of construction; the Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, the size and location of construction staging areas, location and function of gates, information on concrete pouring, lighting details to ensure that safety lighting does not negatively impact adjacent residences, construction vehicle parking and queuing locations, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, a communication strategy with the surrounding community, vibration monitoring for the integrity of neighbouring buildings, and any other matters requested by the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. and adopting instead the following: 3.c. the owner has submitted an Interim Construction Management Plan addressing the proposed demolition of the existing residential buildings at 149 - 157 Bathurst Street to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The Interim Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, the location of site fencing, vehicle access, signage and flag person staging; and b. adopting the following new Part 10: 10. City Council direct the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to ensure that the applicant has submitted a Construction Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, through the Site Plan Approval process, and thereafter has implemented the plan during the course of construction; the Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, the size and location of construction staging areas, location and function of gates, information on concrete pouring, lighting details to ensure that safety lighting does not negatively impact adjacent residences, construction vehicle parking and queuing locations, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, a communication strategy with the surrounding community, vibration monitoring for the integrity of neighbouring buildings, and any other matters requested by the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
MM22.27adopted
At its meeting of July 16, 2019, City Council adopted Item TE7.21, 440, 444, 450 and 462 Front Street West; 425, 439, 441 and 443 Wellington Street West; 6 - 18 Spadina Avenue and 1 and 19 Draper Street - Part Lot Control Exemption Application - Final Report, regarding the part lot control application made for The Well development to facilitate the sale of the different components of the development. Following the enactment of the bills for the Part Lot Control By-law, the applicant would be required to obtain the prior written consent of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, to transfer or charge any part of the lands subject to the Part Lot Control By-law. The subject lands must be within a registered plan of subdivision prior to the enactment of the Part Lot Control By-law. Since City Council's adoption of the item and its recommendations, the applicant has been working to satisfy conditions outlined in the Notice of Draft Plan of Subdivision for the site. There remain two outstanding conditions regarding the final design of street lighting to the satisfaction of Toronto Hydro. Nonetheless, by letter from Toronto Hydro to the applicant, dated January 27, 2020 Toronto Hydro has confirmed it does not object to the release of the final plan of subdivision for registration because the applicant has been actively working to provide an acceptable street lighting design. Toronto Hydro also notified the applicant, in the same letter, that it has not waived satisfaction of the requirements in the two outstanding conditions and the applicant is still responsible for satisfying Toronto Hydro in these matters. The final design of the street lighting has not been approved by Toronto Hydro. As a result, City Planning is requesting that City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, to use their discretion to withhold granting prior written consent to transfer or change any part of the subject lands if, in the opinion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the applicant has not made sufficient progress in satisfying Toronto Hydro at the time the applicant makes a request for the prior written consent of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to transfer or charge any part of the lands subject to the Part Lot Control By-law. No changes are being proposed to the development proposal itself.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, to withhold granting prior written consent to transfer or change any part of the subject lands at 440, 444, 450 and 462 Front Street West; 425, 439, 441 and 443 Wellington Street West; 6 - 18 Spadina Avenue and 1 and 19 Draper Street if, in the opinion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the applicant has not made sufficient progress in satisfying Toronto Hydro in respect of the matters outlined in Toronto Hydro's letter to the applicant, dated January 27, 2020, at the time the applicant makes a request for prior written consent from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to transfer or charge any part of the lands subject to the Part Lot Control By-law.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, to withhold granting prior written consent to transfer or change any part of the subject lands at 440, 444, 450 and 462 Front Street West; 425, 439, 441 and 443 Wellington Street West; 6 - 18 Spadina Avenue and 1 and 19 Draper Street if, in the opinion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the applicant has not made sufficient progress in satisfying Toronto Hydro in respect of the matters outlined in Toronto Hydro's letter to the applicant, dated January 27, 2020, at the time the applicant makes a request for prior written consent from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to transfer or charge any part of the lands subject to the Part Lot Control By-law.
MM22.28adopted
The owner of lands municipally known as 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue in the City of Toronto (the "Subject Site") settled an appeal with the City of the owner's Zoning By-law Amendment application in July 2018 in respect of a proposal to redevelop the Subject Site (see Council Agenda Item 2018.CC44.35). As part of that settlement, the Owner will be dedicating an approximately 973 square metre on-site parkland dedication at the corner of Wilson Avenue and Faywood Boulevard, to satisfy parkland dedication requirements. During below-grade construction of the development, tiebacks will be inserted into the lands that will be conveyed to the City as parkland. The tiebacks will be de-stressed prior to conveyance of the parkland to the City but will remain physically on the lands. There is currently no Council Authority to direct the staff to accept the conveyance of the parkland encumbered by the de-stressed tiebacks. This authority is recommended by way of this Motion. This Motion is urgent because the owner is proceeding with construction and requires resolution of its parkland dedication requirements to enable the timely issuance of building permits and dedication of the parkland.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication set out in the settlement of the Zoning Amendment Application for 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks and such other encumbrances, if any, where such encumbrances are deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor, and such encumbrances would be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Director, Real Estate Services.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication set out in the settlement of the Zoning Amendment Application for 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks and such other encumbrances, if any, where such encumbrances are deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor, and such encumbrances would be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Director, Real Estate Services.